The Firm
One firm. One balance sheet. Two arteries.
World's Fair Capital is an integrated platform: a direct private lender and a real-estate developer. That structure is our edge, we underwrite with an operator's eye because we operate, and there is a named human accountable on every transaction.
By the numbers
A track record investors trust
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The model
Debt and equity, deliberately integrated
National builders bury their lender in the footer. Pure lenders never touch the dirt. We do both on purpose, and it makes us a better counterparty on either side.
We lend
Business-purpose capital across nine programs for investors and the brokers who serve them.
We build
We develop our own communities, so we know construction risk, draws, and timelines first-hand.
We stay
One accountable team across the whole lifecycle, from the first call to the certificate of occupancy.
Leadership
The people behind the firm
Jason Russo
President / CEO & Founder
Wolfgang Heimerl, Esq.
Senior Counsel
Joshua Kohn
Residential & Commercial Lending
Greg Borer
Capital Advisor
Matthew Burak
Account Executive / Loan Officer
Steven Hoffman
Chief Marketing Officer
Kimberly Lessner
Attorney / Sr. Compliance Officer
Marc Warshaw
Chief Technology Officer
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Recent Fundings
Recently closed
Fix & Flip
$1.1M
Marco Island, FL
Condo Conversion
$1.8M
Somerville, MA
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