History
The Paravest principals have been actively involved in real estate for more than 38 years. We have invested in, managed, developed and sold a vast array of asset types including: multi-family apartments, student housing, senior housing, retail, office and industrial. Our management team brings deep industry insight to the investment process. As a result, we are able to quickly understand key issues, accurately assess opportunity, value and risk, and bring relevant information to bear. The culmination of this experience and insight is expressed through our investable platform across multiple asset classes.
Parallel Investment
Our name tells the story…
para / beside / adjacent to / parallel
vest / confer or bestow / to give
Our owners invest in every partnership along-side its Limited Partners assuring an alignment of interests.
TEAM
Executive Managing Principal
Rockwell Hopkins
Mr. Hopkins serves as Managing Principal of Paravest Capital, LLC. Hopkins is responsible for the strategic vision of the company, investor client relationships, investment strategies and sourcing. He is an investment committee member with over 38 years of experience in real estate. Before co-founding Paravest, Mr. Hopkins spent 10 years as Chief Executive Officer of White Rock Commercial where he was responsible for directing all operations including real estate acquisitions and development, project planning and design, financing, construction and marketing. He was also directly responsible for the company's capital market relationships. Prior to White Rock Commercial, Mr. Hopkins spent seven years as Chief Financial Officer of INVESCO Real Estate where he was responsible for administering INVESCO's global expansion strategy. Prior to INVESCO, Hopkins spent 14 years with various divisions of the Trammell Crow organization. His experience with them included working with Trammell Crow Company, Crow Holdings, Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, and Trammell Crow Residential. Mr. Hopkins graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance.
Director of Investor Relations
Craig Falwell
Mr. Falwell is Director of Investor Relations at Paravest Capital, LLC and is responsible for leading the development of investor and capital relationships, focusing on institutions, family offices and high net worth Individuals. Mr. Falwell has over 25 years of total experience, including developing and marketing residential and commercial real estate in Colorado for almost 10 years. During this time he raised equity and debt from institutions and individuals and oversaw all business operations for the projects. Prior to his experience in Colorado, he enjoyed working in the non-profit sector, traveling and working in over 35 countries focusing on fund raising, project management, donor communications and technology. Craig spent seven years trading long-term systematic market strategies he developed, raised funds for private equity ventures and has worked in various family holdings spanning utilities, real estate, restaurants and aviation. Mr. Falwell received a BBA from the College of William and Mary and his MBA from Regent University. He holds a commercial pilot license and enjoys flying whenever possible.
Financial Principal
GERALD J FORD
Mr. Gerald J. Ford is a banking and financial institutions entrepreneur who has been involved in numerous mergers and acquisitions of private and public sector financial institutions, primarily in the Southwestern United States, for more than 45 years. In that capacity, he acquired and consolidated 30 commercial banks from 1975 to 1993, forming First United Bank Group, Inc., a multi-bank holding company for which he functioned as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer until its sale in 1994. During this period, he also led investment consortiums that acquired numerous financial institutions, forming in succession, First Gibraltar Bank, FSB, First Madison Bank, FSB and First Nationwide Bank. Mr. Gerald J. Ford also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Golden State Bancorp Inc. and its subsidiary, California Federal Bank, FSB, from 1998 to 2002. He currently serves as a director of Hilltop Holdings, a Dallas based financial holding company. Mr. Ford has held this role since 2007, and is also the company's largest shareholder. Hilltop's primary line of business is to provide business and consumer banking services from offices located throughout Texas through PlainsCapital Bank. Hilltop's common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "HTH." Mr. Gerald J. Ford previously served as Chairman of Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc. and Pacific Capital Bancorp and a director of Scientific Games Corporation, First Acceptance Corporation, SWS Group, Inc. and McMoRan Exploration Co. Mr. Gerald J. Ford also currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Southern Methodist University, is the Co-Managing Partner of Ford Financial Fund II, L.P. and Ford Financial Fund III, L.P., private equity funds.