Cisneros-Led Housing Investor Names COO

Sean Burton has been named chief operating officer of CityView, a Santa Monica, Calif.-based discretionary housing investor headed by former HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros.Mr. Burton was most recently managing director at CityView, and he will continue to serve on the company's governance and investment committees, CityView said. Mr. Cisneros, who was secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development during former President Bill Clinton's first term, is chairman of CityView. The company said it helps create housing for working families by offering a flexible source of combined debt and equity and providing homebuilder partners a one-stop resource for land acquisition, entitlement support, governmental assistance, marketing, community outreach, and project insurance. CityView can be found online at http://www.city-view.net.