C. Shane Buckner, CFA

C. SHANE BUCKNER, CFA
Managing Partner
Shane has more than 19
years of professional real estate and investment experience. Since forming NorthState, Shane has been
involved in the acquisition and development of numerous real estate projects, including single
-
family development, home
-
building,
multifamily, retail, and office projects. Prior to forming NorthState, Shane was Vice President and Senior Investment Analyst for Wells
Capital Management, the asset management division of Wells Fargo, where he
was responsible for the analysis and selection of
various fixed income investments in the real estate sector, including Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), Home Building, and
Construction and Building Materials & Products. Prior responsibilities include the ongoing analysis and selection of investments in
various industries
,
which
included analyzing and valuing the underlying real estate of publicly traded companies in the evaluation and
selection of potential buyout candidates, participating in structured financing deals secured by real estate leases, and analyzing
publicly traded real estate services companies. Shane’s investment opinions have been cited in The Wall Street Journal, The Financial
Times, Bloomberg News, Dow Jones Newswires, as well as other publications. Shane holds a BS in Finance from the University
of
North Carolina at Wilmington, has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, and is a licensed commercial real
estate
broker. Shane is a
member of the CFA North Carolina Society and a member of the CFA Institute.