Christopher J. Barton — Executive Vice President of Development & Capital Investments at Hudson Pacific Properties

Mr. Christopher J. Barton, also known as Chris, has been an Executive Vice President of Development and Capital Investments at Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. since July 2015. Mr. Barton served as an Executive Vice President of Operations and Development at Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. from June 2010 to July 2015. He has twenty years of experience in development and construction, encompassing mixed use, office, industrial and residential projects. He served as Vice President of Construction & Development at Hudson Pacific Properties predecessor, Hudson Capital, LLC, where he was responsible for operations and development, including establishing and monitoring property budgets, managing property staff and administering vendor contracts. He also managed the development and construction of the Technicolor Building and renovation activity at the Sunset Gower and Sunset Bronson properties. Prior to joining Hudson Capital, LLC in November 2006 and served as First Vice President for Arden Realty, Inc. since January 1997, where he was responsible for conceptual development, land entitlements, financial analysis and construction management for all real estate developments, including the Howard Hughes Center project, a planned 2.7 million square foot mixed-use development in Los Angeles, California. Before his tenure at Arden Realty, Inc., he was Project Manager at Beers-Skanska Construction Company where he managed large scale construction projects in the southeast United States, including the Celebration Place office building complex for Walt Disney Company in Orlando, Florida. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Purdue University and Master of Business Administration degree in both Real Estate and Finance from the University of Georgia.