california s leading real estate developers based in orange county california united states . founded in 1977 the hutton companies build mixed use government multi family residential office retail and light industrial properties . 1 hutton companies and its affiliates have owned developed and managed a portfolio of more than 3 800 000 square feet 350 000 m2 of commercial real estate and 2 400 units of multi family residential in southern california . 1 collectively hutton development company hutton management services and hutton construction make up the hutton companies representing the three h s in the companies corporate logo . as of may 2009 hutton development company ranked as the 8th largest commercial developer in california by the california real estate journal s list of california s 2009 leading commercial developers ranked by total square footage of properties under development as of jan. 1 2009 . at the time of publish hutton had 500 000 square feet 46 000 m2 of the companies mixed use master planned community college park upland california under construction totaling 152 000 000 in market value . 2 hutton companies type private industry real estate development founded santa ana ca u.s. 1977 1977 founder betty hutton headquarters orange county california u.s. area served southern california products mixed use development multi family residential government office retail centers services development construction property management divisions hutton development company hutton construction hutton management services website huttoncompanies.com contents 1 history 1.1 philanthropy 2 company overview 2.1 client base 3 flagship projects 3.1 public private ventures 4 references 5 external links history edit the hutton companies were founded by the late mrs. betty hutton after the death of her husband legendary entrepreneur and chemist harold hutton in 1977 . in 1939 the huttons founded refining associates a chemical engineering firm making special lubricants and fuels . together the huttons developed oil fields throughout south east asia after the second world war and worked closely with pertamina the national oil company of indonesia . 3 after harold s unexpected death in 1975 in indonesia mrs. hutton liquidated her international oil interests and returned home to villa park ca in orange county california . 4 during the late 1970s hutton was primarily a venture capitalist and private equity partner in numerous real estate developments throughout the state of california . by the end of the 1970s hutton had evolved into a full service real estate development company and land owner . 3 in 1985 mrs. hutton retired from hutton companies to pursue her philanthropic work with her non profit foundation the hutton foundation . today the hutton foundation has approximately 100 000 000 in endowment and donates millions annually to the arts health care education and civic causes . 5 philanthropy edit mrs. hutton was a generous benefactor of education and children causes . chapman university has recognized hutton s generosity by naming several of their facilities after hutton including the harold hutton sports center and the betty hutton williams colonnade . the betty hutton williams medal established in 1994 is the highest academic honor given to a chapman university business or economics student . 6 additionally timothy a. canova is currently associate dean for academic affairs and betty hutton williams professor of international economic law at chapman university . 7 company overview edit as a long term investment company as well as a developer hutton acquires land develops plans secures entitlements arranges financing and manages the construction of projects primarily for its account and at times in conjunction with select partners or institutions . 8 in addition to master planned business communities and luxury apartments hutton is known for providing turnkey facilities for public agencies including development property management and the ability to arrange entire financing packages . 9 client base edit companies or public agencies requiring build to suit commercial or industrial property prospective investors and individual residential or commercial tenants . 8 10 flagship projects edit college park upland claremont ca 40 acre 160 000 m2 master planned mixed use community . featuring approximately 100 single family homes 448 luxury apartment homes and an integrated neighborhood retail center adjacent to the claremont colleges . 11 hutton centre santa ana ca 46 acre 190 000 m2 master planned mixed use community near orange county s john wayne airport . with nearly 20 000 000 square feet 1 900 000 m2 of professional office space with supporting retail and restaurants . 12 public private ventures edit hutton imperial center norwalk ca 30 acres 120 000 m2 headquarters facility for los angeles county recorder and registrar of voters totaling 260 000 square feet 24 000 m2 . 13 hutton civic center santa ana ca orange county sheriff s headquarters forensic science center environmental management agency 380 000 square feet 35 000 m2 . 13 references edit a b hutton companies about us . hutton companies . retrieved 2009 06 18 california real estate journal 06 26 09 california s 2009 leading commercial developers . california real estate journal . retrieved 2009 06 18 a b griffiths sir eldon ; lessor roberta ; yeager myron 1998 . the hutton story . chapman university press orange ca . retrieved 2009 06 18 hutton foundation history . hutton foundation . retrieved 2009 06 18 hutton foundation 2007 annual report . hutton foundation . retrieved 2009 06 18 betty hutton williams medal chapman university . chapman university law faculty timothy canova a b hutton companies capabilities . hutton companies . retrieved 2009 06 18 hutton companies public facility developers . hutton companies . retrieved 2009 06 18 hutton companies media fact sheet hutton companies.retrieved 2009 06 19 college park mixed use center construction project case study reed construction data . 2008 . mixed use developments hutton centre hutton companies . a b public facility developers privatization hutton companies . retrieved 2009 06 18 external links edit hutton companies official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hutton companies & oldid 733028653 categories real estate companies of the united statescompanies established in 1977companies based in orange county california navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages 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