Steve Allison is Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of both Paradigm Properties and Paradigm Capital Advisors.  Mr. Allison is responsible for the new investment activities of both companies.

Mr. Allison has over 25 years of broad real estate experience ranging from development to acquisition and management of property in numerous markets across the country.  Over the past 10 years, Mr. Allison has been involved in the acquisition of more than $4.5 billion in multi-family, retail, office, and industrial properties.

Prior to joining Paradigm Properties in 1997, he spent five years as the national director of acquisitions for two firms: National RE/Sources, a company founded by AEW Capital Management to acquire environmentally distressed assets; and the JE Robert/Goldman Sachs joint venture, now known as Archon.  In this capacity, he directed the acquisition of over $4 billion in real estate properties and distressed loans, including 13 million square feet of industrial properties, over 21,000 apartment units, 1,300 hotel rooms, and 1,200 acres of land across the nation.  Previously, Mr. Allison spent 15 years focused on real estate development as Director of Development for Spaulding and Slye and President of J.F. White Properties.

Mr. Allison is a licensed real estate broker in Massachusetts and is active in a number of industry organizations, including the Urban Land Institute, the National Association of Industrial Office Properties, the Real Estate Finance Association of Greater Boston, and the Greater Boston Real Estate Investment Advisory Council.  Mr. Allison also serves as a board member of the United Cerebral Palsy Association’s Boston Chapter.

He holds a B.A from Dartmouth College.