The landscape is changing. The right relationships provide stability.
Paper City Investments uses a strategic network approach to solve capital advisory and development advisory challenges for Emerging Managers in real estate and alternative investments.
Who We Are
We are a capital advisory firm helping emerging managers raise institutional capital.
We’ve spent 20 years in commercial real estate and maintain direct relationships with thousands of developers, investors, brokers, and capital providers.
Our core clients are Real Estate Developers and Alternative Asset Management firms who are past the ‘friends-and-family’ stage and need reliable equity partners. Our capital bench is seeking exposure to specific markets/assets with Sponsors it supports through a full investment cycle.
We specialize in exact fits, not email blasts. Each client’s investment arch is unique. We reinforce this by thoroughly vetting both Sponsors and Investors to build long-term programmatic investment and multi-cycle professional relationships.
We operate at the intersection of capital and strategy — helping emerging managers institutionalize, position, and successfully raise capital and complete projects in competitive markets.
Advisory Services
-
Development Advisory / GP + Co-GP
Successfully navigating a real estate development project requires a comprehensive approach that addresses financial, strategic, and operational considerations from initial analysis to team management.
-
Strategic Capital Advisory
We help experienced alternative asset management sponsors structure and place equity with aligned institutional and private capital partners who return repeatedly.
We also advise on debt placement when strategically appropriate.
Our Approach
-
Paper City Investments is an established regional firm specializing in Development Advisory and Strategic Capital Advisory, situated in Jersey City’s Journal Square.
Our approach is simple:
Identify the need,
Aggregate capital and resources through our network, and
Move directly toward a solution.
For over two decades, Paper City’s principal, Gardner Rivera, MSRED, has offered successful strategies that have resulted in profitable outcomes for clients. Trust and integrity have been the driving force behind Paper City’s success. We advise Investors and Sponsors regardless of project complexity and maintain a robust pipeline of capital relationships and multifamily development projects.
-
PCI assists clients with a range of development project-related issues. Strategic guidance on capital stack structure, narrative, and market positioning.
PCI can oversee the coordination of every facet of the project in this capacity, from the preliminary feasibility study to the finished construction. This entails managing the work of the project's various experts, including project consultants, engineers, and architects. We can be involved from the beginning to the end of any development project.
-
Our team is a trusted capital bridge between sponsors and investors—building repeat capital relationships. We structure and place equity with high-net-worth, family office, and regional investors, focusing on long term programmatic investment. We focus on the connection of private and regional capital to growth ready sponsors—efficiently, quietly, and repeatedly.
Our core clients are developers and operators who are past the ‘friends-and-family’ stage and need reliable equity partners. Our capital bench is looking for exposure to specific markets/assets with Sponsors they support through a full investment cycle.
“Whatever vocation you decide on, track down the best people in the world at doing it and surround yourself with them.”
— SCOTT WEISS, AMERICAN BUSINESSMAN