LaSalle appoints new co-heads of the Americas

LaSalle Investment Management has announced the appointment of Kristy Heuberger and Brad Gries to co-heads of the Americas, effective March 31, 2021.

Heuberger and Gries will succeed Jason Kern, who has served as the firm’s Americas CEO since 2013 and has overseen a substantial period of growth with the region’s assets under management (AUM) doubling to more than $22 billion of the firm’s $71 billion global AUM during his tenure. Kern has mutually agreed to step down from this role to pursue other interests. Heuberger currently serves as LaSalle’s head of U.S. asset management and Gries currently serves as Americas co-CIO & head of U.S. transactions.

As co-heads of the Americas, they will jointly be responsible for overseeing all personnel, operational, portfolio management across the region, while maintaining existing leadership of the transactions and asset m