First National Realty Partners has appointed former Josh Champion as CEO. Champion previously served as President and CIO of Carroll, a vertically integrated private equity real estate firm.
“We are both fortunate and excited to have Josh join the FNRP team. Josh brings a track record of investment success combined with deep experience scaling growing firms that we believe is unmatched in the industry,” said Jared Feldman, executive chairman of FNRP. “We look forward to Josh being able to apply his background and prior accomplishments to help FNRP embark on its next phase of growth.”
At Carroll, Champion oversaw the day-to-day operations of the company’s investment platform, asset and portfolio management, capital raising, investor reporting and fund management. He was also responsible for the formulation and implementation of the firm’s national acquisition and disposition strategies.
He also led the acquisition of more than 75,000 multi-family units nationwide and more than $20 billion of multi-family and mixed-use real estate transactions through multiple market cycles. He has raised over $4 billion of equity through discretionary funds, separate accounts, and programmatic joint ventures, and sourced and secured over $8 billion of debt financing.
