a retail center in San Antonio, Texas. The company purchased the former Cypress Semiconductor campus in Round Rock, Texas in February 2014. That same month, it acquired six self-storage properties in Houston and brought them under Great Value Storage. In March 2014, World Class Capital acquired the KPMG Center in Dallas, Texas. In September 2014, World Class Capital acquired a prime site in uptown Dallas. The company expanded into Louisiana when it bought Manhattan Place in Harvey, Louisiana from Weingarten Realty Investors. A portfolio of eight Midwestern shopping centers was acquired in November 2014. The purchase from Kimco Realty, a New York-based real estate investment trust, included shopping centers in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Oklahoma. With this investment, the company increased its holdings to 15 states. Paul was previously embroiled in a wage theft scandal from 2014, where he was accused of stealing over $500,000 in tips from bar staff at Rio. Around that time, while renovating the former iconic Katz’s Deli, a steel support beam was severed causing the floor of the upstairs music venue to buckle. The owners of that venue were in talks with Paul to stay until the end of their 10-year lease option. Unable to pay for outside contractors to fix the damage, they settled out of court and vacated the premises early. In early 2016, investor Michael Macs sued Nate Paul and World Class Capital accusing Paul of fraud, breach of contract and misrepresentation in connection with investments of nearly $15 million in several real estate ventures. In 2015, World Class purchased a three-property self-storage portfolio in Jackson, Mississippi and rebranded the properties to Great Value Storage, World Class’ storage management platform. The acquisition was made to expand the World Class footprint in the Southeast. In 2016, World Class was named the #24 top commercial property owner in America. In August 2019 its offices were raided by the FBI. World Class acquired a retail center in Austin, Texas in June 2016. The acquisition was made to replace the retail center with a self-storage facility under the Great Value Storage name. In September 2016, World Class was listed as the 16th largest self-storage operator in the country. A few months later, World Class purchased 13 office buildings in Austin, Texas. The buildings had a total of 546,984 square feet and were purchased from Westmount Realty Capital. In late 2016, World Class expanded the firm’s debt