Since 2006, Paul has been an owner-operator for real estate investments owned with institutional and high-net-worth partners. FCP currently owns and operates a portfolio of more than 40 debt and equity investments with a value in excess of $100 million. From 1994 to 2006, Paul served as Senior Vice President at Value Investors, Inc., a family office focused on value-added real estate investments in New York, Pittsburgh and St. Louis. Notable accomplishments included the redevelopment of an industrial brownfield project totaling one million square feet and the successful operation of a 28-story residential and commercial project in downtown St. Louis. Paul also led the DIP financing for and acquisition of the Concord Resort Hotel in Sullivan County, New York. In addition, Paul oversaw the management of co-op conversions totaling over 1,000 units located in the New York metropolitan area.

In 1997, Paul joined Manhattan-based Country Bank (www.countrybnk.com) a CRE focused bank, held several C-level positions and served on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Paul increased the size of the bank’s loan portfolio 2x, and earnings by 4x, over a five-year period. Today, Country Bank is a $700 million institution generating an ROA OF 1.13% AND ROE > 14%. Paul remains a large shareholder. Paul also co-founded ValueXpress LLC (www.valuexpress.com) in 1995. ValueXpress is a commercial mortgage banking firm that has closed over $3 billion of conduit and SBA 504 loans since its founding.

From 1989 through 1994, Paul ran the workout department at Apple Bank, a $6 billion institution based in New York City, and co-founded the workout group at CrossLand Savings, FSB, a $15 billion institution also based in New York City. He gained significant workout experience and helped resolve over $2 billion of non-performing commercial real estate loans through the repossession, bankruptcy and restructure process. Paul has served on numerous creditors’ committees, negotiated deed-in-lieu of foreclosure agreements, prosecuted foreclosure proceedings, navigated the bankruptcy process to enforce rights, negotiated loan modifications where warranted and pursued deficiency judgments.

Paul earned a Bachelor of Science degree Cum Laude from Fordham University and holds a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University. Paul is a licensed real estate broker in the State of New York. Paul lives in New York and has two grown daughters.

While at Ranieri, Kane focused on distressed commercial real estate debt and opportunistic equity investments. Prior to Ranieri, Kane was a vice president at Oasis Real Estate Partners, a commercial real estate advisory firm, where he focused on the value analysis of large pools of commercial real estate loans and investments. From 2004 to 2008, he was an associate with Deutsche Bank, where he participated in real estate loan origination, CMBS securitization and subordinate debt distribution for large commercial mortgages as part of the Commercial Real Estate Group. Earlier in his career, Kane worked in the Fixed Income Portfolio Management Group of Lazard Frères and the Fixed Income Sales and Trading Division of Morgan Stanley.

Kane earned a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University in Applied Economics and Business Management, a Master of Science from Columbia University in Real Estate Development and a Master of Bachelor Administration from Columbia Business School (with additional coursework completed at New York University’s Schack Institute of Real Estate).

As an attorney, Jack was involved in a wide array of real estate transactions. He also has experience with civil litigation.

Jack has managed foreclosure sale transactions for tax lien servicers for liens ranging in value from $100 thousand to $15 million and represented lenders in first mortgage and construction financings ranging from $1 million to $5 million. He has also represented clients in REIT equity transfers involving retail assets and both condominiums and cooperatives in real estate transactions and corporate governance issues.

Jack earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Pennsylvania State University, a Juris Doctor from the University of Connecticut School of Law, where he was an editor of the Connecticut Law Review, and a Master of Science in Real Estate Finance and Investment from New York University. He is admitted to the Bar in both Connecticut and New York. Jack lives in Connecticut.

Prior to joining FCP, Kim held increasingly responsible roles in the loan origination and loan servicing groups at Manhattan-based Country Bank (www.countrybnk.com), a $600 million bank focused on commercial real estate lending.

Kim earned a Bachelor of Arts in Finance from Baruch College and a Master of Business Administration in Finance from Iona College. Kim is married with a young son and lives in New York City.