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Chris Merrill
Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Harrison Street, a real assets business. Focuses on demographic-driven, need-based asset classes like student housing and medical offices.
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Jul 22, 2025
• 58min
From First Mover to Market Leader: How Harrison Street Scaled to $70B - Chris Merrill - CEO and Chairman of Harrison Street
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Chris Merrill, Co-Founder and CEO of Harrison Street, shares his insights from a dynamic career in real estate. He discusses his early experiences as a pioneering investor in Central Europe and how they shaped his unique approach. Chris reveals the challenges he faced in promoting unconventional asset classes like student housing and healthcare. He emphasizes the power of building strong partnerships with operators and the strategic shift towards infrastructure investments, highlighting the importance of innovation and a long-term mindset in achieving success.
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