Our Operating Foundation: American Capital Group

Institutional-Quality
Real Estate, Accessible
to Private Wealth

Kinect Real Estate Partners is a real estate investment management firm built to deliver institutional quality private real estate opportunities. Anchored by one of the Pacific Northwest’s most established development and operating platforms.

Institutional Partners Who Have Invested
With Our Platform

BlackstonePGIMCanyon PartnersClarion PartnersArtemisNew York LifeHIMCO

$1.3B+ Collective Equity Invested Through American Capital Group

Vertical Integration, Proven Execution,
and Investor Alignment.

Built on decades of institutional real estate experience, Kinect delivers the same caliber of investment opportunities to the private wealth channel—grounded in discipline, rigorous execution, and performance across cycles.

39
Year Track Record
$4B+
Assets Built & Acquired
23,000+
Units
86+
Communities
$1.3B+
Institutional Equity

Statistics reflect the track record of American Capital Group (ACG)

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American Capital Group

Vertical
Integration

Direct access to deal flow and ACG’s fully integrated platform—from design and development to construction, property management, asset management, and investments. This end-to-end approach provides a single point of accountability and greater confidence in execution.

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Proven
Execution

86+ multifamily communities developed, 23,000+ units built or acquired, and a 39-year track record of consistent performance across market cycles.

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Investor
Alignment

Significant sponsor co-investment ensures our interests are directly aligned with those of our limited partners. We invest alongside you.

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OUR TEAM

Experienced Leadership Across Real Estate, Capital
Markets, and Institutional Investment

Kinect Real Estate Partners is led by a team that combines decades of hands-on operating experience with institutional investment discipline and deep capital markets expertise.

Benjamin (BJ) Kuula

Benjamin (BJ) Kuula

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Benjamin (BJ) Kuula

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

BJ serves as Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Kinect Real Estate Partners and as Chief Executive Officer of American Capital Group (ACG), the firm's affiliated operating platform. With more than two decades of experience in the real estate sector, his expertise spans design, development, construction, acquisition, property management, asset management, and finance.

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Mike Paulus

Mike Paulus

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Mike Paulus

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Mike serves as Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Kinect Real Estate Partners. He is the Founder and CEO of PCM Encore, a multi-billion-dollar wealth management firm, and brings over 15 years of real estate investment experience with more than $300 million deployed across the asset class.

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Anna-Marie Allander Lieb

Anna-Marie Allander Lieb

Director

Anna-Marie Allander Lieb

Director

Anna-Marie leads fundraising and investor relations for the west coast region at Kinect Real Estate Partners, responsible for capital formation and the development of strategic fundraising initiatives. She brings direct experience, having spent 10 years leading the real estate investment team at Crowd Street.

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Ali Winrow

Ali Winrow

Director

Ali Winrow

Director

Ali leads fundraising and investor relations for the east coast region at Kinect Real Estate Partners, responsible for capital formation and development of strategic fundraising initiatives. Ali brings institutional real estate experience from Clarion Partners, one of the world's largest real estate investment managers.

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Track Record

Decades of Consistent Execution

Kinect @ Lynnwood

Lynnwood, WA — 239 Units

Basis$76M
Cash-on-Cash15.1%
Equity Returned60%
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Investment Approach

Full Lifecycle Capabilities Under One Roof

Backed by ACG’s nearly four decades of operating experience and over $4 billion in real estate transactions, Kinect offers investors access to a vertically integrated platform purpose-built to source, execute, and manage real estate investments across the risk-spectrum.

ACG Design

Project design & construction administration

ACG Development

Land sourcing, feasibility & entitlements

American Home Builders

General contractor services

American Property Management

Pre-leasing & property management

ACG Financial

Underwriting, debt & equity procurement

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Kinect Real Estate Partners

Institutional-quality real estate investments for private wealth investors.

CONTACT

15 Lake Bellevue Drive, Suite 200
Bellevue, WA 98005
kinectinfo@kinectrep.com

Investor Qualification Definitions

Provided for informational purposes only. These are summaries of standards under U.S. federal securities laws and do not constitute legal, tax, or investment advice. Accredited Investor. Under Rule 501 of Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933, an Accredited Investor generally includes:

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Track record and case studies presented reflect investments made by American Capital Group (ACG) and its affiliated entities, including funds managed in partnership with Kinect Real Estate Partners’ principals. Kinect Real Estate Partners LLC is affiliated with ACG through common ownership and management. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Unless otherwise indicated, returns are presented on a gross basis before management fees, carried interest, taxes, and other expenses which reduce returns. This website does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities. Any such offer may only be made pursuant to a confidential Private Placement Memorandum and related subscription documents to qualified investors in accordance with applicable securities laws. Kinect Real Estate Partners investment opportunities are available exclusively to accredited investors as defined under SEC regulations. Detailed information is provided only to qualified prospects via Private Placement Memorandum.

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