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
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
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 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 to 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
- 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
- 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
- ↑ {{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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