Harrison Street shores up investor relations team

Harrison Street has bolstered its investor relations team with several new additions.

Chris Brown will take up the role of vice president, bringing more than eight years of fundraising and investor relations experience to Harrison Street. Most recently, he served as director of capital raising and investor relations at Cityview, where he managed and developed the firm’s relationships with public and private pension plans, endowments, foundations, insurance companies and investment consultants and raised capital for Cityview’s flagship fund, programmatic joint ventures and portfolio recapitalization opportunities.

Paul Marchese also joins as director, bringing more than 18 years of investment experience to Harrison Street. He was most recently a vice president at Marquette Associates, where he led the construction and management of numerous client portfolios as the primary investment consultant, representing $3.7 billion in assets under administration for a range of