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John Campanella
​Senior Advisor

John Campanella has more than 25 years of experience in both debt and equity transactions, as well as leasing and asset management. Over the last 15 years, John has originated and closed more than $15 billion in institutional debt and equity transactions for numerous institutional investors.

In 2019, John founded FP Capital Partners, an advisory firm focused on commercial real estate investing and capital raising. In 2023, FP Capital Partners was merged into Tiber Creek Capital as a full service advisory firm.

Prior to that, John was a Executive Managing Director at Cassidy Pinkard / Cassidy Turley / Cushman & Wakefield since 2004, focused on originating and structuring institutional debt and private/institutional equity transactions for all property types including office, multifamily, industrial, retail and hotels. John originally began his career at the Capital Markets Group at CBRE in Boston and later moved to the real estate lending department at First Security Bank before joining Cassidy Pinkard, where he led the structured finance team. Cassidy Pinkard acquired 16 other service companies and rebranded as  Cassidy Turley, which was eventually purchased by TPG in 2018. TPG later merged Cushman Wakefield with Cassidy Turley taking the combined companies public in 2018 under the Cushman Wakefield brand. Mr. Campanella was recognized by the Capital Area Real Estate Brokers Association as a top agent 2013 /2014/2015/2016/2017 and was awarded top finance transaction of the year in 2014/ 2015 / 2016.
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Mr. Campanella holds a BS in economics from Boston University and a Master of Business Administration from Johns Hopkins University.

Board Affiliations

• Advisory Board: Hillcrest, LLC. Investment management focused on debt and sub-debt
• Advisory Board: Real Atom. Software platform for securing CRE loans
​• Chair: Fund for ARVD, Johns Hopkins Hospital

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John Gerber
​Senior Advisor

John Gerber serves as Chairman and CEO where he is responsible for all aspects of the business. Mr. Gerber has over 32 years of real estate experience including working as Advisor to the Chairman/CEO/President (GT Halpin) for more than ten years at West*Group Properties/Management, which was one of the region’s strongest and oldest real estate investment companies. While there, he was Executive Vice President of the $1 billion Northern Virginia/Tysons Corner portfolio which included 42 buildings / 5.5 million SF of Office, Flex, and Data Center space, as well as more than 3.6 million SF of residential and office development rights. Among other activities, he developed the strategy to increase the development rights to 12.5+ million SF of mixed-use space as well as the disposition strategy for the portfolio.
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Mr. Gerber also worked as a Senior Development Advisor to Silverstein Properties on the development of the $15 billion, 10 million SF World Trade Center redevelopment project in New York City. In addition, Mr. Gerber was Interim President of the Pennsylvania Station Redevelopment Corporation (a subsidiary of the Empire State Development Corporation of the State of New York) and was responsible for the development and financing of the $800 million expansion of Moynihan Station, the largest transportation facility in the United States.

Prior to this work, Mr. Gerber was an Associate Partner at Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill LLP in New York and was responsible for the strategic planning, design, engineering, and project management of over $15 billion of commercial, mixed-use, and transportation developments in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Mr. Gerber received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree magna cum laude from Princeton University and a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard University.

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Joe Stevens
​Senior Advisor

Joe Stevens has over 30 years of diverse commercial real estate experience in structured
finance, capital markets and equity investing across multiple strategies and asset classes. Over
his career, Joe has held leadership roles at two publicly traded REITs, as well as at financial
institutions. Joe has a vast network of relationships with capital sources and
investors, including institutions, REITs, private equity, asset managers, investment managers,
family offices, high net worth investors, developers and real estate entrepreneurs.

From 2014 to 2021, Joe was a member of the leadership team of the $3 billion debt and equity
platform at Annaly Commercial Real Estate (NYSE:NLY). He launched their joint venture equity
program and subsequently headed their bridge loan originations team. Prior to Annaly, Joe was
hired as head of the CRE strategy and later became a top producer for CIBC’s US debt business
covering private equity funds, REITs and real estate developers. From 2001 to 2009, Joe co-
managed an alternative investment platform at Kimco Realty Corporation (NYSE:KIM) investing
in special situations, private equity, redevelopments, and other high-yielding credit
investments. Earlier in his career, he held various structured finance and originations roles at
GE Capital Real Estate.
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Joe graduated from Duke University with a BA degree in public policy. He is an active member
of ULI and ICSC. He currently serves on the advisory board of HoneyBricks, a blockchain-
enabled PropTech company.

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Jill Homan
​Senior Advisor

Jill Homan is President of Javelin 19 Real Estate, a North Carolina-based real estate private equity firm focused on investing in low-income communities. Ms. Homan has almost twenty years’ experience totaling more than $1 billion in real estate projects. Further, she is a partner in a $100 million Qualified Opportunity Fund and advises on and develops institutional real estate projects in Opportunity Zones. In addition, she acquires value-add workforce housing with a particular emphasis on impact and is a frequent panelist and author on Opportunity Zone and real estate topics.
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Ms. Homan earned a Master of Business Administration and Master of Public Policy degrees from Duke University, with a focus on finance and authoring a thesis on urban revitalization.  Ms. Homan is a Registered Investment Advisor Representative and LEED® accredited professional. Ms. Homan currently serves on the Economic Investment Committee for the State of North Carolina.