Kyle Brown, MAI , ARA is a senior vice president in the Valuation Advisory Services group at Kidder Mathews. Based in Boise, he serves markets in the Northwest United States including Nevada, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho — as well as Northern and Central California, concentrating on South San Jose and the Salinas Valley.
Kyle graduated from Cal Poly, SLO in 2003 and subsequently earned his contractor’s license while working in construction in San Luis Obispo, California. He began working full-time as a commercial real estate appraiser in 2007 for his family firm, Stephen Brown Associates, Inc. In 2024, he joined Kidder Mathews.
Kyle’s appraisal experience includes a variety of general commercial properties (retail, office, industrial, multifamily) and agricultural properties (row crops, ranches, rural residential, greenhouses, vineyards, etc.). He has worked on numerous proposed developments and specialty properties, including airports, schools, churches, senior living facilities, conservation easements, eminent domain assignments, cannabis facilities, and Farm Labor Housing Loan (H-2A) projects for seasonal workers. Clients have included attorneys, public agencies, nonprofit entities, private property owners, estates, and financial institutions. He is also qualified as an expert witness in Monterey County.
Designated Member of Appraisal Institute (MAI)
Accredited Rural Appraiser (ARA) American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA)
License California General Certified Real Estate Appraiser – AG044626
License Nevada Certified General Appraiser – A.0209022-CG
License Idaho Certified General Appraiser – CGA -6361
Secretary for the AFSMRA Idaho Utah Chapter
BS in Agricultural Business (Appraisal Concentration), California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
Easements for injection well sites, City of Seaside, CA
Commercial property within tidelands for acquisition by the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, CA
Estate appraisal with four shopping centers & self-storage, Central Coast, CA
Proposed self-storage facility in Salinas, CA
Appraised 5,685,000+ sq. ft. greenhouse for Glass House Cannabis acquisition, Ventura County, CA
Extensive experience with multiple commercial developments in downtown Carmel-by-the-Sea, Pacific Grove & Monterey, CA
National Credit Tenant (NNN) Properties (Burger King, Dominos, Carl’s Jr., etc.), CA
Existing & proposed farm labor housing (H-2A) projects, Monterey County, CA
JOBY Aviation rent survey for 30 acres of airport land, CA
Boekenoogen Winery – Vineyards, 9,900-acre ranch, and tasting room, Santa Lucia Highlands and Carmel Valley, CA
Multiple religious facilities for the Diocese of Monterey County, CA