David Mudgett

President and Chief Operating Officer

David has over 35 years of experience in the planning, development, leasing, and operations of commercial real estate in the US, Mexico and Asia. After being an Advisor to Land Interests and Paladin, Mr. Mudgett assumed the role of President and COO to Land Interests, Inc. Mr. Mudgett is also a Principal of Timberline Commercial Real Estate. As a former President of the Irvine Company's Retail Group and Koll Development Company's Retail and Asian Divisions, Mr. Mudgett brings a wealth of experience to Land Interests, Inc.

Mr. Mudgett began his career at the Rouse Company, in Columbia, MD, where he focused on regional malls and developing the retail strategic plan with, what was at that time, the new city of Columbia, MD. In 1979, Mr. Mudgett joined Evans Development as Senior Vice President of Leasing and later became the Executive Vice President of Leasing and Development. Projects included the redevelopment and management of the 1.5 million square foot Bay State West office, hotel, and retail mixed-use center in Springfield, MA, and conversion of the National Historic Trust registered Old Post Office Building, on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., into an office and specialty retail center.

In 1985, Mr. Mudgett joined The Irvine Company in Newport Beach, CA, as the President of The Irvine Retail Properties Company. His division had full responsibility for the development, leasing, construction, management, and marketing of the Irvine Company’s 30+ shopping centers. Under his direction, the Company developed the 750,000 sq. ft. Tustin Marketplace power center, the $125 mm renovation and expansion of their 1.3 million sq. ft. super regional mall, Fashion Island, as well as neighborhood centers throughout Orange County, California.

In 1989, Mr. Mudgett joined Koll Development Company as President of the Retail division focusing on retail centers in Texas, California and Washington. His team master planned the award winning Rancho Santa Margarita Town Center, developing the first 2 phases of over 400,000 sq. ft. Concurrently, Mr. Mudgett oversaw Koll’s international activities; first, in Mexico City and Jalapa, Mexico, and then Shanghai, China, in 1995, where as President of Koll’s Asian operations, he oversaw commercial and industrial projects in China, Taiwan, Thailand and Malaysia.

In 2000, Mr. Mudgett joined with Kevin Deighan, a longtime associate, in Timberline Commercial Real Estate. Their objective has been to acquire and develop retail, office, hotel, and residential assets. Timberline’s current development projects include: development of a 500,000 sq. ft. Class A LEED Certified office development in Corona, CA; a 135 acre Diamond Valley Industrial Park in Riverside, CA; a mixed-use project consisting of a 105 room Residence Inn by Marriott; and 31 residential condos located in Vail, CO.; retail centers in Otay Mesa and Lake Elsinore, CA.; and Build to Suit transactions throughout the western states.