human capital

The real estate services firm has hired two new directors from Lazard and Shelter Rock for its senior leadership team in the Americas.

Karen Brennan has been named the next chief executive for LaSalle Investment Management’s European business. A 20-year veteran at the Chicago-based investment firm, Brennan will succeed Simon Marrison, who has helmed LaSalle’s European operation for the past 12 years. Starting June 30, she will oversee 233 employees in London, Paris, Munich, Amsterdam, Prague, Madrid, Luxembourg […]

Executive search firm Sousou Partners has exclusively shared with Real Estate Capital a comprehensive pay scale of the commercial property debt industry.

Robert Karnes, who previously led the real estate debt group, has taken over management of the new real assets group.

Sarah Schwarzschild, partner and co-head of Metropolitan, Carlyle’s real estate multi-manager platform, has become a private real estate role model for her professional progression while growing a family. She shares thoughts on how she made it happen.

With most managers employing European waterfalls, the challenge has been to retain younger employees while getting investor buy-in.

The remuneration gap between acquisition and asset management executives in private real estate is narrowing. But whether that is a function of the market cycle is debatable.

The firm aims to grow its strategic advisory business, including M&A advisory, to account for more than 40% of its total activity over the next three to four years.

The real estate investment firm, whose investors include New York State Common, started its latest venture because of the US opportunity zone program.

The multifamily and hospitality investment firm intends to make further inroads into the senior living property market.