Patrick is the Founder and Managing Partner of Caste Capital, a Boston-based alternative investment management company established in 2021. With over 10 years of institutional commercial real estate experience, he has participated in more than $1.5 billion of real estate transactions. Caste Capital is currently involved in a joint venture to develop 132 housing units in Nubian Square, and in December 2023, the firm was awarded, in partnership with Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH), the rights to redevelop the West End Branch of the Boston Public Library into a mixed-use project featuring a new two-story library and 119 income-restricted housing units.

Before founding Caste Capital, Patrick served as Vice President at Davis, a Boston-based real estate private equity firm, where he was responsible for developing, implementing, and executing leasing strategies for key assets, and participating in the creation and oversight of asset-level business plans during the full investment life cycle. He began his career at Boston Properties (BXP), working on the in-house leasing team that managed the firm's Boston regional portfolio of approximately 15.5 million square feet of Class A office, retail, and life science space.

Patrick is actively involved in the real estate industry, serving as a Board Director and Executive Committee member for the Greater Boston Real Estate Board - Commercial Brokers Association and as a member of the Real Estate Executive Council (REEC). In 2022, he was named a Builders of Color Coalition Affordable Housing Developer Fellow.

Committed to philanthropy in Boston, Patrick serves as a board member and former board Chair of METCO Inc. and as a Board Advisor for Boston Harbor Now. He holds a B.S. in Economics & Information Design/Corporate Communication from Bentley University. In 2012, Patrick co-founded 1PERCENT GALLERY, demonstrating his entrepreneurial spirit early in his career.

As Director of Research | U.S. Capital Markets, Aaron is responsible for all aspects of research within the Capital Markets platform. He synthesizes and interprets a variety of data and information to stay ahead of trends that put our clients in an optimal position to make informed decisions. Additionally, he has led Colliers’ national research on Life Sciences. At the same time, he promotes the Colliers brand via best-in-class research reports, weekly insight posts, thought leadership, and contributions to numerous panels, media outlets, and industry events.

Michael Procopio is President & CEO of The Procopio Companies (TPC), a vertically integrated real estate development and construction firm based in Boston with a track record of over $1 billion and 5,000,000 square feet of institutional ground-up development.

Michael joined the firm in 2001, led a buyout of the third generation and became Principal in 2016, and was named CEO in 2020. Under his leadership, TPC has built a current ground-up pipeline of over 3,000 units, specializing in market-rate multifamily communities across the Northeast, the Carolinas, Florida, and Texas. Michael is known for pairing bold design instincts with disciplined execution, and for cultivating the enduring relationships — with investors, partners, and host communities — that have defined TPC’s approach across generations.

Michael holds a Bachelor of Science from Salem State University.

Under Michael’s leadership, TPC was named Family Business of the Year by Northeastern University, and Michael himself was recognized as one of Building Design + Construction’s 40 Under 40 in 2022. The firm’s projects have earned dozens of industry accolades, including PRISM Awards, ENR Best Project Awards, and NAHB Pillars of the Industry Awards.

Bill oversees development and land acquisitions activities for the Claremont Companies’ ongoing New England and East Coast market expansion. Bill brings over twenty years of multifamily and mixed-use real estate development experience to the Company. Bill has executed numerous developments across multiple product types from acquisitions and design through construction, marketing and lease up.

Prior to joining Claremont, he oversaw the acquisitions and development for Toll Brothers Apartment Living’s New England Region. Bill was responsible for growing Toll’s apartment pipeline in the region from 249 units to over 2700 units, totaling approximately 1.6 billion in development during his seven years there. Projects included a 434-unit high rise in downtown Boston, MA, 525 units in West Cambridge, MA, and 390 units in Needham, MA. Prior to joining Toll Brothers Apartment Living in 2014, he worked at The Hanover Company and New England Construction.

Bill holds a BA from Lafayette College in Easton, PA.

Michael DiMella is a nationally recognized leader in the real estate industry. For his innovative real estate sales & marketing skills and strategic thinking, he was chosen to receive the prestigious 30 Under 30 Realtors in America award from Realtor Magazine. He is also frequently cited in local and national news publications, like The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, Boston Magazine, and Banker & Tradesman for his insight and perspective on the Boston real estate market.

Michael has a strong educational background in Economics/Econometrics, in which he earned a Master’s Degree from Boston University (where he was also a member of the nationally ranked BU Terrier ice hockey team). Honed through education and years of empirical research, his ability to use sound statistical analysis to spot trends in the housing market and make investment recommendations is especially prized by clients. See our Boston real estate blog for examples of his market research.

Michael is a leader in the real estate industry and is currently serving as President of the Greater Boston Association of Realtors. He has served on the Board of Directors at the Greater Boston Real Estate Board (GBREB), the Massachusetts Association of Realtors (MAR), and the National Association of Realtors (NAR). At NAR, he also Co-Chaired the 2011 National Association of Realtors Conference & Expo.

Besides the “30 Under 30″ recognition, Michael has won awards for both leadership and for marketing. He was selected as a Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Future Leader and has won the Massachusetts Association of Realtors Website Design Contest for best company website.

Michael is also a Principal of IGNITION Residential, an interdisciplinary multifamily development advisory and marketing firm; and Charlesgate Property Management, a full service apartment and condo association property management firm. He lives in Boston’s South End, enjoys outdoor sports like sailing, skiing, and scuba diving in his spare time and definitely has a few strong opinions about cooking and eating great food…just ask him!

Kris joined Paradigm in 2024. He focuses on defining and implementing Paradigm’s investment strategy and expanding the firm’s capital relationships. Among previous roles, he was Chief Investment Officer at Nordblom Company, focused on commercial investments and was a Partner at Alcion Ventures, a Boston-based real estate private equity firm, where he was responsible for developing JV relationships, executing on new investments, and asset management of value-add assets spanning several major US and Canadian cities. Kris is a member of NAIOP and ULI, participating on the ULI Boston Management Committee, as well as a Trustee of the Winchester Affordable Housing Trust. He holds a B.A. from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from Columbia University.

Jon Martin serves as a managing director in Newmark Knight Frank’s

Boston office, where he specializes in urban retail agency leasing and

tenant representation, particularly site selection strategy, repositioning

and curation of downtown mixed-use properties.

Jon has 15 years of retail and restaurant leasing experience. He is

currently spearheading the leasing of more than 30 assets in downtown

Boston, on behalf of landlords that include Boston Properties, Clarion,

EQ Office, Gazit Horizons, Gerding Edlen, ICONIQ, Invesco, Lincoln

Property Co., McWhinney, Nuveen, Oxford Properties, Pembroke,

Related Beal, Rockwood, Synergy Investments and UDR.

Jon’s clients also include prominent retail brands. Most recently, he

successfully represented Patagonia in a lease for their Harvard Square

flagship location, which opened in January 2020. Other retail clients

include digitally native brands such as Serena & Lily, Brideside and

Rudsak, which opened their first Boston-area stores in 2019. Jon also

represents well-known restaurant brands Barcelona Wine Bar, Bartaco,

Cameron Mitchell Restaurant Group, Dig Inn, Intelligentsia, Peet’s

Coffee and Quality Branded.

Over the past five years, Jon has completed some of the largest

flagship retail and restaurant transactions in the Boston area, including

Patina Restaurant Group’s 21,000-square-foot food hall and 14,000-

square-foot Banner’s Kitchen & Tap restaurant at the Hub on

Causeway; the restructuring of Niketown’s 30,000-square-foot lease at

200 Newbury Street; Capital Grille’s 13,000-square-foot restaurant at

the Hynes Convention Center; Ocean Prime’s 12,000-square-foot

restaurant in the Seaport District; AT&T’s 10,000-square-foot Back Bay

location on Boylston Street; TD Ameritrade’s downtown flagship at 50

Post Office Square; and E*Trade’s flagship branch in Downtown

Crossing.

Currently, Jon is finishing up the leasing of more than 25,000 square

feet of retail space to By Chloe, Coldwell Banker, Core Power Yoga

and Tatte Bakery on three levels at 399 Boylston Street in the Back

Bay. In the Seaport, Jon is responsible for the lease-up of Thomson

Place’s retail, a 60,000-square-foot brick-and-beam historic rehab

project, highlighted by the recent opening of New England’s first One

King’s Lane location and the district’s first supermarket, Trader Joe’s. In

the Ink Block neighborhood of the South End, Jon represents UDR’s

600-unit luxury apartment project, where he has leased more than

35,000 square feet of retail to CVS, JPMorgan Chase, Loyal

Companion, Shore Leave, and Tatte Bakery.

Jon is also responsible for the Boston office’s restaurant leasing

platform. In this capacity, he currently represents some of the premier

local restaurant groups in the region, highlighted by COJE Management

Group, owners of Yvonne’s (Downtown Crossing); Mariel (Post Office

Square); Lolita Cocina & Tequila Bar (Back Bay, Seaport, Washington

DC); and Ruka (Downtown Crossing). Recently, he secured Seaport

production and tap room space for two of New England’s leading craft

beer brands, Trillium Brewing Company (16,000 square feet) and Lord

Hobo Brewing Co. (10,000 square feet). With respect to entertainment,

he secured the Bowery Group’s first Boston-area location, a 15,000-

square-foot, 500-plus-person capacity music venue in Harvard Square

called The Sinclair and last year, he secured more than 21,000 square

feet for Six String Grill & Stage, a venue with 1,000-person capacity

and is located at the entrance of Gillette Stadium in Foxborough,

Massachusetts.

In his 12 years of experience, Aksel has worked on many project types, including historic preservation, residential, commercial, industrial, offices, religious, educational, and museums. After many years involved in various community and industry organizations, Aksel has developed a talent for building trusting relationships with clients, consultants, and co-workers. His breadth of knowledge allows him to bring a unique perspective to every project. With an eye for detail and architectural design principles, Aksel ensures that every project is one of which clients and designers can

be proud.

Chuck Hurchalla is the president of Evolution Sustainability Group. He has over 30 years of experience in the deregulated energy markets, including natural gas, electricity and petroleum products. He is considered a subject matter expert on hedging strategies and the fundamental and technical drivers of movements in the energy markets, including renewable products. In addition, he has been instrumental in helping clients develop comprehensive energy management solutions that meet or exceed energy efficiency and sustainability goals.