Our team draws on deep experience and diverse knowledge to give project owners an advantage at any stage.
From All Angles
As experts in our respective disciplines, we bring several views of the project to the table allowing us to identify hidden risks and opportunities.
Our backgrounds let us speak the language of all the stakeholders, so communication in both directions is clear. Acting as a centralized point of contact for all parties, we advance the owner’s goals with every interaction.

Where the Minds Meet

Russ Robertson
Managing Member
Management Innovator / Financial Modeler
Strategic Planner / Mixed-use Developer
As the managing member of Cap Ex Advisory Group, Russ guides business and real estate owners through a myriad of financial, environmental, and market risks that confront the acquisition, ownership, construction, and development process. Russ bundles a unique combination of aesthetic training and analytical rigor, a pecuniary advantage to any owner’s decision-making process. Additionally, he is a LEED Accredited Professional, a registered architect, an MBA recipient from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and a leader of several efforts to improve the built environment.
MBA [Wharton]
B-ARCH [Virginia Tech]
AIA
LEED AP

Salem Reiner
Principal
Economic and Community Development Expert
Anchor Institution Practitioner
Strategic Consensus Builder
For over 30 years, Salem has prepared and managed policies, programs and projects driving at advancing mission focused economic and community development outcomes, and anchor institution initiatives. He provides tactical advice to leadership across higher education, community development corporations and other nonprofits, government, and to developers undertaking complex capital projects. Most recently, Salem spent nearly 20 years at Johns Hopkins University, including seven years in the office of the president, where he co-led the establishment and implementation of a $1B anchor institution strategy and managed community relations for five campuses.
MA Government Affairs [University of Pennsylvania, Fells Center of Government]
BS Sociology [St. Lawrence University]
With Cap Ex Advisory Group as their advocate, our clients make informed, timely decisions with confidence, knowing the final results will meet their objectives and support the missions of their organizations.