
Team
We keep investor groups small and communicate directly. The team that underwrites a project is the team that builds it and reports on it.
Core team
Headshots are placeholders until the client supplies them.
Headshot to comeKip Downer
Founder & Principal
Kip leads every Nexus project hands-on, from acquisitions and entitlements to construction coordination and investor reporting. After starting his career in technology, he studied real estate at UNC Wilmington and turned his focus to developing medical office and retail centers across the Triangle. He’s also an operator: Kip owns multi-unit Burn Boot Camp locations and co-founded Good Health NC, which gives him a tenant’s view of what a center has to deliver on day one. He led the repositioning of 706 Money Court from a vacant building to more than $500,000 in annual NOI and the ground-up development of Highway 42 Property Holding.
Headshot to comeDebbie Taylor
Chief Financial Officer & Investor Relations
Debbie brings nearly two decades of executive financial leadership in real estate. As CFO of a southeastern real estate management firm from 1997 to 2006, she transacted more than $4 billion in assets, directing acquisition underwriting, deal structuring, debt negotiations, asset management, and investor distributions. As CEO of a multifamily investment and management company from 2006 to 2015, she led a $51.7 million portfolio of six communities with more than 1,000 units in Alabama and Florida, raising $13.5 million in acquisition equity. At Nexus, Debbie leads deal structure, underwriting, financial reporting, and investor relations.
Headshot to comeBrian Stephens
Partner, Land Acquisitions
Brian is a partner at Nexus and leads land acquisitions, identifying and evaluating development sites for our pipeline. He is a commercial realtor and property owner based in Benson, North Carolina, working with The April Stephens Team of eXp Realty, and represents commercial buyers, sellers, and investors across North Carolina. His approach is grounded in designing, building, and owning real estate himself: Brian owns two salon suite properties, with a third under construction, and roughly 12,900 square feet of commercial buildings including three in downtown Benson, all of which he designed and built. That owner-operator experience shapes how he evaluates a site — clear on zoning and use, practical on operations, and focused on deals that work on paper and on the ground.
Advisors
Outside counsel and specialists we bring into every transaction.
Headshot to comeSeth Bradley
Syndication Attorney · Founder, RaiseLaw · CLO, Tribevest
Seth is a securities attorney and real estate entrepreneur who serves as syndication counsel to Nexus. He founded RaiseLaw, a boutique securities law firm that advises real estate sponsors, fund managers, and capital raisers on compliant fund formation, syndications, and investor communications, and he is Chief Legal Officer of Tribevest, a capital raising platform. Before founding RaiseLaw, Seth practiced at a top-three globally ranked law firm and has been involved in billions of dollars of real estate transactions. He also hosts the Raise the Bar podcast on capital raising.
Headshot to comeMoss Withers, SIOR, MBA
Landlord’s Broker · CEO, Lee & Associates Raleigh-Durham-Wilmington
Moss is the founding CEO and Principal of Lee & Associates Raleigh-Durham and Wilmington and represents Nexus as landlord’s broker. Since starting his brokerage career in 2006, he has closed more than 1,600 transactions totaling over $1 billion, including large land assemblages, office sales and leasing, and investment properties. He has built the Raleigh-Durham office to more than 40 brokers and opened offices in Charlotte and Wilmington. In 2025, Moss received the Bill Lee Award, the highest honor in the Lee & Associates network, along with the Triangle Business Journal Leadership Award. He holds an MBA from NC State’s Jenkins Graduate School of Management and the SIOR designation.
Headshot to comeBrad Blazar
Advisor
Brad is a nationally recognized speaker and published author on raising capital. He has worked alongside many large real estate syndicators and leading financial services firms and is widely regarded as an expert in raising private money. Brad advises Nexus on investor communications and strategy.

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