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2026 The ApartmentBuildings.com 100
Developers of the Year
- Adam America Brings Entrepreneurial Agility, Institutional-Quality Execution to Development
- Bob Faith Builds Greystar into a $350-Billion International Rental Housing Giant
- Hillpointe Founders Improve National Workforce Housing Platform
- IMEG’s Scott Campagna Advances Multifamily Through Modular Housing and Adaptive Reuse
- Jason Berkowitz Grows RPM Living to 226,000 Units Under Management
- Jason Joseph Expands Trilogy to $750M AUM With Student Housing Debut
- Joel Behrens Leads $3.5 Billion DFW Development Pipeline for TCC and HSR
- Joseph Keough Positions Wood Partners for Next Phase of Growth With ITOCHU Investment
- Logos’ Martin Porter Builds $750-Million Affordable Housing Pipeline on Church Land
- Mark Moorhouse Helps Grow Dominium From 6,400 to 40,000 Units
- Michael Pestronk Builds Post Brothers into Multifamily Enterprise
- Paul Romanowski Brings D.R. Horton’s Homebuilding Expertise to the Rental Sector
- Philip Rizzo Oversees Liberty Military Housing’s 36,000-Home Portfolio
- Rob Singh Oversees CONAM’s 60,000-Unit Portfolio
- Ryan Hekmat Builds Uncommon Developers Around Community, Modular Construction
- Sea Breeze’s Darren Levitt Supports 222-Unit Affordable Project at San Diego’s North City
- Sean Burton Steers Cityview Through $7 Billion in Multifamily Investments
- The Benoit Group’s Eddy Benoit Oversees $3 Billion in Affordable and Mixed-Income Development
- Tim Harris With Rosewood Repositions 156-Acre Plano Development for Housing, Mixed-Use Growth
- Porter Kyle Builds Its Niche With Townhome-Style BTR
Sean Burton Steers Cityview Through $7 Billion in Multifamily Investments
As CEO and co-founder of Cityview, Sean Burton has spent 23 years building the firm into a vertically integrated multifamily investment and development platform. Under his leadership, Cityview has invested approximately $7 billion in more than 150 projects and developed and operated nearly 20,000 units nationwide.
Recent development highlights include the entitlement of 6136 Manchester, a 489-unit mixed-use project in Los Angeles’ Westchester neighborhood, and the delivery of Apollo, a 265-unit transit-oriented development in Gardena.
The company also opened an office in New York City in 2025.
Burton has used his development expertise for community recovery. Following the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, he co-founded Genesis Builders with Montage Development’s Stephen Ross to help homeowners rebuild through a turnkey process that included insurance, permitting, design and construction.
Burton will chair the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce in 2027 and previously chaired the Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners. During his tenure there, the organization oversaw the $20-billion modernization of LAX.
He has received recognition from the Los Angeles Business Journal and GlobeSt.
These are some of the reasons why Sean Burton was selected to receive ApartmentBuildings.com’s AB 100 Developer of the Year Award, which recognizes those who demonstrate creativity, skill and success in the multifamily industry.