John Troughton: Senior Director - Project Leader, Stillwater Business Park, Cushman & Wakefield
Mr. Troughton achieved undergraduate and advanced degrees at the University of California at Santa Cruz with highest honors. He participated in the Ph.D. program at the University of
California at Berkeley School of Business. He assisted in the leveraged buyout of the former Rheem Manufacturing facility in Richmond, CA in the late ‘80’s, where he helped save over 400 jobs and developed a skill set as a successful business owner. Mr. Troughton then became a real estate professional in Silicon Valley in the early 1990’s, working with Norris Beggs and Simpson, which was acquired by the Galbreath Company.
With Cushman & Wakefield, Mr. Troughton has represented leading, privately held and public companies, cities, redevelopment agencies, state agencies, and sovereign nations in fulfilling their real estate needs. Mr. Troughton has received proclamations and congratulatory letters for his transactions from local jurisdictions, members of Congress, and the Governor. His efforts have helped create real estate opportunities that are now the working places of thousands of local employees. He has been involved in transactions that have led to the creation or redevelopment of millions of square feet of commercial and industrial buildings. Mr. Troughton has been involved in residential conversion projects that have produced over 1,000 units of newly entitled housing opportunities. His efforts since 2000 in West Contra Costa alone have generated in excess of $300 million in upside for his clients and are scheduled to produce over one billion dollars of investment in local municipalities.
Mr. Troughton is a frequent speaker at merger and acquisition conferences throughout the
Country, including ACG-LA (Association for Corporate Growth), ACG-New Jersey, Buyouts, The Deal, and the M&A Advisor. His efforts have been chronicled in the popular press including BusinessWeek. Amongst his most notable published articles are “Middle Market Mergers, Acquisitions and Real Estate: An Opportunity to Re-use and Re-Build,” “Over-Cross Collateralization: An Urban Problem ” “Saving the Cities ” “Focusing on the Box ” Problem, Cities, Box.
On a personal note, Mr. Troughton is a long-standing member and supporter of various
educational foundations, Chambers of Commerce, libraries and Rotary.
