Christopher N. Merrill
| Christopher N. Merrill | |
|---|---|
| Born | Christopher N. Merrill May 28, 1971 Japan |
| 🏡 Residence | Chicago, Illinois |
| 🏫 Education | Roanoke College (Bachelor of Arts, Economics) Cass Business School (MBA) |
| 💼 Occupation | Real Estate Veteran, Entrepreneur, Executive |
| Known for | Co-Founder, President and CEO, Harrison Street Real Estate Capital LLC |
Christopher Merrill is the Co-founder, President, Chief Executive Officer and largest shareholder of Harrison Street Real Estate LLC,[1] a real estate private equity firm, focused on the Education, Healthcare, and Storage segments. A true entrepreneur, Merrill co-founded the company in 2005, along with Chris Galvin, former CEO of Motorola. Since then the company has reached nearly $20 billion in transactional volume and $15 billion in AUM. Additional roles within the company Merrill holds are a Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Investment & Management Committees of the Company.
Background[edit]
Merrill grew up in the northern suburbs of Chicago, attended Tabor Academy, in Marion, Massachusetts for high school, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Roanoke College in 1993 and an MBA from Cass Business School, which is City, University of London's business school, in 2000.
Business ventures[edit]
Prior to co-founding Harrison Street, Merrill was a partner, owner and Managing Director at Heitman, a real estate investment management company, where he developed the firm's presence in Europe, creating the first ever real estate funds exclusively targeting the markets of Central Europe.<[2]> Preqin noted this initial fund was one of the Top 10 performing global funds during vintage years 1996-2000.
Harrison Street Real Estate Capital LLC offers investment products for access to well-defined private and public real estate segments. Merrill and the firm’s senior executives have a long history of identifying unique and innovative investment strategies over their careers, and hence his goal in founding the firm was to create a series of differentiated investment products that span the risk/return spectrum.<[3]> As an industry expert and active thought leader in the real estate asset classes of senior living, student housing, medical office and self-storage, he is often asked discuss these subjects, as he did in 2017 for Bloomberg on investing in student housing.<[4]>
In July 2018, Colliers International Group (CIGI) purchased the interests of the Galvin family and became Harrison Street’s new strategic partner. <[5]> Merrill is retaining the role of President and CEO of Harrison Street Real Estate.
Awards and Recognition[edit]
- Named "10 To Watch" leaders by National Real Estate Investor Magazine
- PERE nominated one of the top real estate executives in North America
- A “Chicago's Real Estate Icon” by Real Estate Forum
- “Top 40 under 40” member selected by Crain’s Business <[6]>
Boards and Member Activities[edit]
- NAREIM Board of Directors
- Pension Real Estate Association (PREA)
- The Real Estate Advisory Board
- Gore Creek Family Office
- Kinship Capital Family Office
- The First Tee of Greater Chicago Board
- The Economic Club of Chicago
- The Chicago Commonwealth Club
- The Young Presidents Organization (YPO)
References[edit]
- ↑ {{cite web|url=https://www.harrisonst.com/%7Cwebsite=HSRE Leadership|
- ↑ >http://www.crenews.com/general_news/general/heitman-launches-525-mln-property-fund-in-central-europe.html<
- ↑ >https://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanvardi/2015/12/09/real-estate-for-the-ages/#45f182975407<
- ↑ >https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2017-06-07/merrill-recommends-university-housing-investments-video<
- ↑ > https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/05/globe-newswire-colliers-international-completes-strategic-investment-in-harrison-street-real-estate.html<
- ↑ >http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20091031/ISSUE02/100032600/chris-merrill<
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