Paul Smith

Paul Smith has more than 35 years of real estate investment experience working with institutional clients across acquisitions, dispositions, financing, and portfolio management. At Velocis, he serves on the Investment Committee, leads the firm’s industrial strategy, and plays a significant role in separate account and capital markets activity. Prior to joining Velocis, Smith was a Managing Director at Crescent Real Estate Equities, where he oversaw the execution of Morgan Stanley’s investment strategies, including the disposition of more than $2.0 billion in assets. Earlier in his career, he was with Invesco Real Estate, where he helped structure the firm’s first value-add fund, oversaw debt financing activities, and managed multiple separate account portfolios.

Smith holds an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business and a BA in History from Harvard University.