BentallGreenOak hires Ryan Severino as chief economist, head of research

BentallGreenOak (BGO), a global real estate investment management adviser and a globally recognized provider of real estate services, has appointed Ryan Severino to the newly created role of chief economist and head of research for the firm’s U.S. business.

Severino will focus on global and regional economic research, analysis and commentary and will support BGO’s investment and portfolio management teams through property market forecasting.

Severino brings 25 years of economics, real estate and investment research and analysis to his role at BGO. He joins BGO from JLL, where he served as chief economist and managed the economics team. He also served as senior economist and director of research at Reis in the research and economics department, which was responsible for the firm’s market forecasting, valuation and portfolio analytics services. Earlier in his career, he served as the associate director of research at MetLife Real Estate and before that was the dire