Chicago, IL, Feb. 18, 2026 – Harrison Street Asset Management (“HSAM,” or the “Firm”), a leading alternative global investment management firm with over $108 billion in assets under management through highly differentiated assets across infrastructure, real estate and credit strategies, has announced the hiring of Mark Heavey as Vice President of Development and Investments within the Digital team.
In this role, Mr. Heavey will be responsible for deal sourcing and pipeline management, supporting the continued expansion of HSAM’s digital investment platform across hyperscale and operationally intensive data center investments. He will oversee transaction execution across digital asset and development deals and work closely with asset management, portfolio management, and the investor solutions group to align digital asset transactions with the opportunities the firm sees across its real estate and infrastructure strategies.
Mr. Heavey brings over a decade of experience across the data center and digital infrastructure sector. He began his career at Digital Realty and most recently served as a Director at GC Infra, where he was responsible for evaluating and executing data center developments, acquisitions, and global investment opportunities. His experience spans site selection and diligence, financial modeling and valuation, market research, bid preparation, and complex commercial and legal negotiations.
“Having worked with Mark over 10 years ago in his role at Digital Realty, I am very excited to have him on our team as we continue to scale our digital platform,” said Michael Hochanadel, Head of Digital at Harrison Street Asset Management. “Mark’s deep technical expertise and transaction experience across the data center lifecycle will further strengthen our ability to originate, develop, and execute complex investments as demand for compute capacity accelerates.”
Since 2018, HSAM’s digital investment platform has committed over $6.5 billion to powered shells, carrier hotels, colocation sites and dark fiber platforms. HSAM’s digital assets portfolio reinforces the firm’s long-term focus on targeting demographic-driven and needs-based assets addressing critical global demand.
About Harrison Street Asset Management
Harrison Street Asset Management is a leading global alternative investment management firm with over $108 billion in assets under management through highly differentiated assets across real estate, infrastructure, and credit strategies. Headquartered in Chicago, Toronto and London with over 600 employees in offices across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, the firm offers innovative solutions across a variety of closed-end, open-end and specialized vehicles on behalf of 1,200+ institutional and over 300+ Registered Investment Advisors.1
1 HSAM data and descriptions of HSAM’s business are generally comprised of the aggregated data and business activities of investment advisors that are owned in whole or in part by HSAM. Assets under management (“AUM”) reflects the AUM for the investment advisory and asset management clients of such investment advisors and is inclusive of the regulatory AUM of such investment advisors that is reported in their respective Form ADVs.
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