Paul Travis is Managing Partner of Washington Square Partners, a real estate development advisory firm in New York City which he founded in 1994. Over the years he has worked with corporations, non-profit institutions and government entities to reconfigure real estate assets and solve land use issues. He is also a partner in Kingsbridge Development Partners, a real estate development firm which developed River Plaza, Bronx, New York, the first major private development in the Bronx in twenty years.

Since its inception, his firm has been responsible for several major redevelopment initiatives including, Moynihan Station Redevelopment, New York Historical Society, Downtown Brooklyn Redevelopment, Cooper Union, Harlem Park, River Plaza, Theater Row, Long Island City and Skyland Center in Washington, D.C.

Prior to founding Washington Square Partners, Mr. Travis served as Chief Operating Officer of Forest City Ratner Companies in New York City where he was responsible for the development and leasing of MetroTech Center, a 4.5-million-square-foot complex in Brooklyn, New York. He was also responsible for the development of the Loews Miami Beach Hotel, the first new convention center hotel in that City.

Mr. Travis had previously been Director of Real Estate for the Price Company and Senior Vice President of the New York City Public Development Corporation. At PDC, he directed the 42nd Street Development Project in Manhattan, New York and was responsible for commercial and industrial development projects throughout the City, including the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square.

Mr. Travis is a member the Urban Land Institute and serves on the Board of Directors of Playwrights Horizons, the Milano Graduate School at the New School University, and the Rockefeller College at The University of Albany.

Mr. Travis received his Bachelors in Political Science (cum laude) from the University at Albany in 1975; his masters in Urban Affairs/Policy Analysis from the New School University in 1977.