EXCLUSIVE: Harrison Street bolsters its European team

Harrison Street has bolstered its European investment and investor relations teams with the addition of three professionals.

Javier de Castro, who most recently was a principal at Blackstone, has been appointed as a director on the European transactions team. He is joined by Elias Vere Nicoll in the transactions team and Xavier Révay, who has become a member of the investor relations team.

De Castro will be responsible for all of Harrison Street's transactions across Southern Europe, with a primary focus on Spain, Portugal and Italy. He also will manage key relationships and explore strategic initiatives to expand Harrison Street's presence in the region. Prior to joining Harrison Street, he spent seven years at Blackstone, based in London, where he focused on acquisitions, asset and portfolio management, and dispositions across multifamily, offices, hotels and nonperforming loan asset classes in Spain and other European countries. He began his career in M&A at Ci