Christopher Merrill

Christopher Merrill is the Co-Founder, President and CEO of Harrison Street Real Estate Capital, LLC a real estate private equity firm he co-founded in 2005 that has over $5 billion in AUM. Mr. Merrill is also a Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Investment & Management Committees of the Company. The firm has a series of discretionary, commingled real estate funds including an opportunistic closed end fund series (Funds I-IV) and an open-end real estate fund that have raised over $3 billion in capital commitments. Mr. Merrill is also on the Board and a controlling principal of Harrison Street Securities LLC, a registered investment advisor that currently manages approximately $1 billion in REIT securities primarily through three, distinct long only investment vehicles. Investors in these funds include US, European and Asian Pension Funds, Corporate Plans, Insurance Companies, Endowments, Foundations and family offices. The company has 55 employees located in their Chicago office.