Paul Zeller

Paul Zeller is Chairman and Founder of Zeller, and affiliates Zeller Realty Corporation, Zeller Management Corporation, Zeller Development Corporation and Zeller Investment Corporation. He combines an extensive background in commercial real estate development, finance, asset management and operations management, with substantial experience as an owner/investor/operator of commercial income property. Paul is active in all aspects of Zeller’s business, and leads a strong group of experienced professionals committed to his philosophy regarding investment, management and operations. The firm now owns and operates 10.2mm square feet of office property, value at $2.9B, a portfolio disbursed over nine states, including Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, Oregon, Texas and Wisconsin. Prior to founding Zeller, Paul was a General Partner/Stockholder in The John Buck Company, and was involved in development of over four million sf of high-rise office property, and as a Founding Stockholder of Buck Investment Company, a hotel portfolio of over 1,200 rooms. Prior to that Paul was a Vice President of The First National Bank of Chicago. Paul is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, with a BBA in Finance and a MS in Real Estate Development and Urban Land Economics under Professor James A. Graaskamp. He is a visiting lecturer at the University of Chicago Booth and Northwestern University Schools of Business. Paul is a licensed real estate managing broker in Illinois and Indiana, a full member of The Urban Land Institute, The Land Economics Society Lambda Alpha International, The National Trust for Historic Preservation, past Chairman of the Board of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, past Board member of the Chicago International Film Festival, a Cornerstone Member of the Greater North Michigan Avenue Association and past Chairman of the Chicago Chapter of the National Eagle Scout Association.