Paul is Principal and COO of American Real Estate Partners (AREP), overseeing day-to-day operations including leasing, development, construction, asset management, and finance across the firm’s East Coast office, data center, and mixed-use portfolio.
He joined AREP in 2018 after more than 26 years at Brookfield Property Partners, where he was President and COO of the U.S. office division, responsible for 60 million square feet of assets.
Paul began his real estate career in the Washington, DC region with JBG and Trizec before moving to Brookfield’s New York headquarters in 2009.
He holds a degree from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business and has helped grow AREP’s data center platform, PowerHouse Data Centers, since his arrival.