Team - Oak Real Estate Partners

Meet the Team

The Oak Real Estate Partners team of finance and commercial real estate experts bring nearly eight decades of experience and are adept at raising, deploying and managing capital investments into alternative asset vehicles.

Gary Bechtel

Managing Principal, Chief Executive Officer

Gary Bechtel heads the investment management leadership team at Oak Real Estate Partners (OREP). As Managing Partner and CEO, he has direct oversight of all loan portfolios and operations for the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based firm.

Paul Cleary

Managing Partner, President

Paul Cleary is Managing Partner and President of Oak Real Estate Partners (OREP), a national fund manager focused on the institutional investment sector. Based in Charlotte, NC, he is responsible for overall company operations, including managing finances, business partnerships and funding opportunities, as well as overseeing and measuring the success of business and employee initiatives.

Paul Cleary

Managing Partner, President

Raymond T. Davis

Managing Principal, Chief Strategy Officer

Raymond T. Davis is Managing Principal and Chief Strategy Officer of Red Oak Capital Holdings and its affiliate, Oak Real Estate Partners (OREP). Operating out of Detroit, Michigan, he is charged with developing, communicating, and sustaining the companies’ medium- and long-term strategic initiatives including fund formation, AUM strategy, M&A opportunities, and the development of future business lines.

Brook Scardina

Managing Partner, Capital Markets & Investments

Brook Scardina is Managing Partner, Capital Markets & Investments, for Oak Real Estate Partners (OREP), where he leads the external capital markets strategy for the national fund manager focused on the institutional investment sector. He is responsible for advising on, solving and delivering alternative investment solutions that support the institutional return objectives of investors including foundations and endowments, sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and corporate and public pension plans.

Brook Scardina

Managing Partner, Capital Markets & Investments

Robert R. Kaplan, Jr.

Chief Legal Officer and Executive Vice President, Corporate Development

Robert R. Kaplan, Jr. serves as Chief Legal Officer and Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, for Red Oak Capital Holdings and its affiliate, Oak Real Estate Partners (OREP). A well-regarded expert in the federal JOBS Act, the veteran securities lawyer is also a pioneer and advocate in the revision and revitalization of SEC Regulation A.