Dusty Burke

Dusty Burke

President & CEO, Principal, American Commercial Real Estate

Wrentham, MA 02093

Phone (508) 735-6378

Dusty Burke has been President of American Commercial Real Estate since 1991.
Specialties
Investment Sales Broker, Tenant Rep
Property Types
Industrial, Land, Office, Retail, Sports & Entertainment, Specialty, Health Care
Markets
Boston
Bio
Dusty’s deal portfolio of new construction retail projects he has brokered (identified in this website under Portfolio) is unparalleled in the industry. A 1981 graduate of University of Massachusetts at Amherst (English), Dusty managed restaurants (KFC), car dealerships (Volvo/Honda), and a family land company (Newport Farms) before and after college, prior to his joining the Fafard Real Estate Company in 1987. As a boy, Dusty sold popcorn at Harvard Stadium, cut and sold firewood, mowed lawns and painted houses and boats. As a college student, he founded the UMass Amherst Intramural Ice Hockey Program. Dusty has participated as a student or teacher in many certificate programs in sales and the study of Human Behavior and has written numerous articles on Retail Real Estate in the NEREJ. He is a member and contributor to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and is licensed to practice real estate in MA, NH, RI, CT, and NY. He is an avid ocean swimmer and skier, yoga practitioner, has previously taught tennis and ice skating, coached baseball and hockey, served as President of Friends of Farm Pond, Chairman of the Farm Pond Advisory Committee and Sherborn Tennis Committee, and founded the Annual Admiral Funbelow Fundraiser Swim at Farm Pond in Sherborn. Dusty has an office at 50 Ledgeview Way in Wrentham, and he and his partner of 30 years, Billie, live in Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard with their 4 children.
Education
University of Massachusetts Amherst, B.A. in English
Affiliations
  • International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)