Our Team

  • Raul Walters

    Raul Walters

    Founder

    Raul Walters founded Raul Walters Properties in 1970 in Columbia, Missouri. After college, Raul was drawn to the Missouri real estate industry where he amassed a great wealth of experience in buying, selling and financing residential and commercial real estate.

    The pivotal affiliation in building his successful commercial and multi-family real estate development company was his relationship with Sam Walton. Raul built and financed most of the early stores for the Wal-Mart Corporation under a coalition he formed with five S & Ls. It was a time when million dollar deals were built only on a handshake with Sam.

    Walters’s personal life is just as impressive. As a great competitor, he had a passion for riding, shooting and living life on a large scale. He was a member of the Master of Foxhounds and his love of the sport was featured in Sports Illustrated. He was also a member of the California Steeple Chase and United States Pistol Team, where he was ranked as the top U.S. shooter for five years and the top 45 shooter in the 1977 World Competition. Because of his love for shooting, Raul founded a shooting academy in Columbia, Missouri, which provided firearms training to Navy Seals, in addition to government and military branches. Raul was also a Gold medal winner in a downhill ski racing team.

    Married at the old Las Vegas courthouse in 1967, Raul and his wife, Vicki, shared a commitment to philanthropy. They have donated an Olympic-style youth bike trail in Columbia, Missouri, as well as the Walters Boone Country Museum, which houses the largest collection of early 19th and 20th century black and white photographs in the country. Raul and Vicki also support Cedars Sinai Medical Research Center among other charitable organizations. They have three children and two grandchildren.

    After fighting a courageous battle with cancer, Raul Walters passed away in February of 2009. His legacy lives on in the company he founded, the charitable organizations that Vicki Walters continues to support on their behalf, as well as his positive impact in the real estate industry, his many contributions to the betterment of the Los Angeles community and his beloved home state of Missouri.

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  • Art King

    Art King

    President

    With 20 years of success in Commercial Real Estate, Art King’s tenacity and persistence continue to drive his passion for fostering truly great communities.  Since partnering with Raul Walters in 1999, Art has lead the Company’s Strategic Planning for growth, Commercial Development, and oversee's a portfolio of more than 25 Shopping Centers and Millions of square feet of Retail across the country.

    Art has cultivated invaluable relationships with many major national credit retailers.  Most recently he assembled 200 acres in Branson, Missouri, for a very successful Power Center called “The Shoppes at Branson Hills”,  anchored by Target, Home Depot, Wal-Mart Supercenter, Best Buy, Kohl’s, as well as 35 other stores totaling 1 Million square feet of Retail.  

    An acute attention to detail, creative problem solving skills, commitment to integrity, and teamwork have served Art’s professional success, however, it is his willingness to go the extra mile and ‘never quit’ attitude that sets him apart.  Through his extensive firsthand experience, Art has invaluable expertise in all facets of Development including Leasing, Management, Construction, Financing, Value Engineering, Real Estate Law, Architecture, and Tax Increment Financing, which have all proven beneficial in creating successful projects that enhance the Community’s services, employment, tax base, and growth. 

    Art earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing from the University of Missouri St. Louis in 1987 while raising a family and working two jobs.  Today, he resides in St. Louis with his wife, daughter, and four sons.  While enjoying daily exercise, travel, and most of all, fatherhood, Art is always trying new things and reinventing himself.