Grubb Properties has appointed Harold “Skip” Schwartz III as the firm’s deputy CIO. In this role, Schwartz will lead the capital formations team and leverage his significant capital relations and portfolio management expertise to deepen and expand Grubb Properties’ partnerships with institutional investors globally.
Before Grubb Properties, he worked at Heitman, most recently having built the firm’s Asian investment management business from the ground-up and then as a senior advisor to the platform upon his return to the United States. During his 13 years in Tokyo and Hong Kong, he not only oversaw the acquisitions and portfolio management teams but also key capital and partner relationships for the business’ private equity real estate investment activities across the region. He was also the portfolio manager for the firm’s first Asian commingled fund. Before his time in Asia, he spent three years in London and four in Frankfurt expanding Heitman’s European in
