Harrison Street expands into social infrastructure, gets $200m from Texas MRS

Harrison Street, a privately-owned, Chicago-based investment management firm with a historical, exclusive focus in education, healthcare and storage real estate, is now expanding into social infrastructure with its latest fund, Harrison Street Social Infrastructure Fund. It has already received a commitment of up to $200 million from the Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS), according to board meeting documents. Keep reading

Harrison Street sells ECLA Paris student housing facility

Harrison Street, one of the largest real estate investment firms dedicated to the Education, Healthcare and Storage sectors, has sold ECLA Paris, a high-end student accommodation property located at the University of Paris-Saclay Campus to Brookfield. Keep reading

Pensions & Investments Best Places to Work 2018

Harrison Street was named Best Places to Work by Pensions & Investments for the fifth consecutive year. Keep reading

Top 25 Owners of Student Housing

Harrison Street was ranked #2 by Student Housing Business’s annual survey of the industry’s Top 25 Owners during the fall of 2018. Keep reading

Harrison Street JV plans mixed-use student housing development at the University of Chicago

Harrison Street, a real estate investment firm dedicated to the education, healthcare and storage sectors, along with its partner Capstone Development Partners, a developer of on-campus housing in partnership with universities, has closed on equity financing for an on-campus, mixed-use student housing and dining community on the campus of University of Chicago (UChicago). Keep reading

One Way to Make Money on Dorms: Wait for Investors to Fail

While investors increasingly look for a home in student housing, Harrison Street’s Chris Merrill has been around the block. Keep reading

Is Student Housing Showing Signs of Distress?

Intensifying competition in the student loan housing market may be encouraging risk-taking among new entrants, according to multiple industry executives. Keep reading

Colliers International Completes Strategic Investment in Harrison Street Real Estate

Leading global commercial real estate services firm Colliers International Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CIGI) (TSX: CIGI) has completed its previously announced, strategic investment in Harrison Street Real Estate Capital LLC (“Harrison Street”), one of the largest real estate investment firms dedicated to the education, healthcare and storage sectors with approximately $14.6 billion in assets under management. Keep reading

Harrison Street sells 75% stake with eye toward succession planning

The firm’s founders have sold all or part of their interests to property services company Colliers, which is expanding into the investment management space. Keep reading

Colliers makes transformational strategic investment in Harrison Street

Colliers International Group has acquired 75 percent of Harrison Street Real Estate Capital from its founders for $450 million, with an additional $100 million payable in 2022, based on the company achieving certain accelerated performance targets. Keep reading