Harrison Street Real Estate Capital, one of the largest real estate investment firms dedicated to the education, healthcare and storage sectors, has added Brian Kuzniar, formerly a managing director and portfolio manager at LaSalle Investment Management, as a director in the firm’s portfolio management group.
Kuzniar has more than 20 years of experience in acquisitions, asset management, dispositions, joint ventures and debt financing strategies. In this role, he is responsible for developing and executing the investment strategy and overseeing asset and portfolio performance for the firm’s Opportunity Fund series. He currently manages asset and portfolio performance for Fund III and Fund V. Fund V held an $850 million final close in 2015.
“We are pleased to welcome Brian to the team,” said Joey Lansing, senior managing director at Harrison Street. “He brings significant investment and portfolio management experience to the firm as we further enhance our investment offerings.”
Kuzniar added, “I have long respected Harrison Street for its success investing in demographic-based real estate. I am excited to join the firm as we seek to continue to build value for Harrison Street’s sophisticated global limited partners.”
For the past five years, Kuzniar was a portfolio manager for LaSalle’s JLL Income Property Trust, which grew to $2.5 billion in gross assets under management during his tenure. Previously, he served as the fund investment officer of the Income and Growth Fund, LaSalle’s flagship investment vehicle. Prior to joining LaSalle in 2008, he was a senior vice president at DTZ Rockwood and worked as a director at Equity Office Properties. Kuzniar received a Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in finance from the University of Notre Dame.
