Paul Marcus, Managing Principal

  • 30 years of real estate development experience.
  • Founder of Marcus Partners; Co-Owner of Davis Marcus Partners and Davis Marcus Management.
  • Professional career also includes working with The Chiofaro Company, Hyatt Corporation and The Beacon Companies.
  • Community service work includes active involvement with the Trust Board of Children's Hospital Boston; founder of the Children's Hospital Developmental Medicine Center Philanthropic Leadership Council; founding member of The 484 Phi Alpha Foundation, an educational foundation; and as a member of the visiting committee of MIT's Brain & Cognitive Science Department. Paul is also a founder and current Board member of the Autism Consortium, a Boston-based multi-institutional collaboration which funds clinical innovation and research in autism and other brain disorders.
  • He holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from MIT.

Paul Marcus, Managing Principal

  • 30 years of real estate development experience.
  • Founder of Marcus Partners; Co-Owner of Davis Marcus Partners and Davis Marcus Management.
  • Professional career also includes working with The Chiofaro Company, Hyatt Corporation and The Beacon Companies.
  • Community service work includes active involvement with the Trust Board of Children's Hospital Boston; founder of the Children's Hospital Developmental Medicine Center Philanthropic Leadership Council; founding member of The 484 Phi Alpha Foundation, an educational foundation; and as a member of the visiting committee of MIT's Brain & Cognitive Science Department. Paul is also a founder and current Board member of the Autism Consortium, a Boston-based multi-institutional collaboration which funds clinical innovation and research in autism and other brain disorders.
  • He holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from MIT.

David Fiore, Principal

  • Directs the firm's investment activities in the New York Metro region
  • 30 years experience in the development, construction and design of commercial real estate.
  • 11 years of experience as Senior Vice President of Davis Marcus Partners where he has been responsible for acquisitions, development, leasing and overseeing property management for the Connecticut office. He also served as a Managing Partner of Philip Johnson, Ritchie and Fiore Architects in NYC where he practiced architecture for 17 years.
  • Architectural projects included the 1.7 million sq. ft. International Place in Boston and Republic Bank Center Office Tower in Houston, TX.
  • David received a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from Penn State University.
  • Serves as a Trustee for the Westport Country Playhouse; on the Westport Downtown Merchants Association Board of Governors; and Vestry Capital Campaign leadership at Christ & Holy Trinity Church in Westport, CT.

David H. Keiran, Principal

  • Serves as the firm’s Chief Financial Officer and Director of Investor Relations.
  • Prior to joining Marcus Partners, served for 9 years at New Boston Real Estate Investment Funds most recently as Senior Vice President and Director of Investor Relations where he was responsible for raising capital and investor servicing.
  • Served for 12 years at TA Associates Realty where he held a variety of positions including Partner, controller and asset manager.
  • Other experience includes Price Waterhouse where served in the audit group specializing in real estate, banking and investment company audits.
  • David holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Northeastern University and a Masters in Business Administration from the McCallum Graduate School of Business at Bentley University.

J. Mark Stroud, Principal

  • Directs the firm's investment activities in the Southeast region.
  • Over 25 years of commercial real estate experience in the areas of valuation, management, development, brokerage, acquisitions/dispositions and valuation.
  • Prior to joining Marcus Partners, he served as President of the Florida Region for Davis Marcus Partners and Chief Operating Officer for Osprey Management Company, LLC. Other experience includes serving as President/CEO of Echelon Real Estate Services, LLC and as Vice President of Commercial Real Estate for Echelon International, a NYSE- traded real estate development company.
  • Currently serves on All Children's Hospital Health Systems Board and is Chairman of the Construction Task Force.
  • A licensed Real Estate Broker and a certified General Real Estate Appraiser in the state of Florida; he also holds the MAI and CCIM designations awarded by the Appraisal Institute and Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute.
  • He holds a Bachelor of Science in Real Estate from Florida State University.

Kyle O'Connor, Principal

  • Directs the firm's investment activities in the Mid-Atlantic region.
  • Prior to joining Marcus Partners, served as a Director for AEW Capital Management LP's AEW Partners Funds directing the acquisition, asset management and business plan execution for office, mixed-use, distressed residential land and distressed debt assets.
  • Served for 11 years at Metzler North America, in several positions including Managing Director, Investments. Directed the acquisition / disposition of more than $4 billion of commercial properties and provided strategic portfolio direction.
  • Other experience includes development management and asset management work for Metzler North America.
  • Kyle holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from Washington State University and a certificate in Commercial Real Estate from the University of Washington.

William McAvoy, Principal

  • Directs the firm's investment activities in the New England region.
  • Prior to joining Marcus Partners, served as Chief Investment Officer for 3 years at the Davis Marcus Partners acquiring in excess of $200 million of property.
  • Served for 14 years at The New Boston Real Investment Fund, as Chief Investment Officer and Head of Acquisitions directing the acquisition of more than $1.2 billion of residential and commercial properties and provided strategic portfolio direction.
  • Other experience includes consulting, acquisition and asset management work for Charles River Properties and Xerox Realty Corporation.
  • A Certified Public Accountant, Mr. McAvoy received his Masters Degree in Accounting from New York University and his Bachelor's Degree in Economics from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.

Peter Scoba, Principal

  • Directs the firm's project management and construction activities.
  • 25 years experience in project management for the development and construction of commercial real estate.
  • Prior to joining the Marcus Partners, he was Senior Vice President of Construction and Development at Davis Marcus Partners. He was also responsible for tenant and base building improvements for International Place, a 1.7 million sq. ft development of the Chiofaro Company.
  • He holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Clarkson College of Technology and a Master's Degree in Business from Boston College School of Management.

Jan Machnik, Principal

  • Directs the firm's asset management and development activities.
  • 28 years of experience in the asset management, development and construction of real estate.
  • Prior to joining Marcus Partners, was Senior Vice President of Development at Davis Marcus Partners. Previously he owned his own development management business. Prior to which, he worked for The Beacon Companies where he developed over 3,000 hotel rooms.
  • Jan received a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering-Construction Management from North Carolina State and a Master's Degree in Civil Engineering-Construction Management from MIT.