Harrison Street Advisors, LLC (Chicago)


Harrison Street Advisors, LLC is a large advisory firm based in Chicago. It manages $9.64 billion of regulatory assets for 6 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2011 and has operated in the jurisdiction of Illinois.

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Harrison Street Advisors provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles and portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Harrison Street Advisors: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Harrison Street Advisors, LLC is $9.64 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 124% since the beginning of its operation, and $4.68 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.


The firm manages $9.64 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $1.61 billion each.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Harrison Street Advisors, LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. The adviser charges an additional fee when a set benchmark is outperformed. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Harrison Street Advisors serves?

The firm provides services to pooled investment vehicles and corporations or other businesses. The largest group of clients of Harrison Street Advisors is pooled investment vehicles with 2 clients and $9.64 billion of assets under management. Among the 12 most similar advisory firms, Harrison Street Advisors has the 5th highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.


The amount of regulatory assets under management is $9.64 billion for 8 clients. 25% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Harrison Street Advisors also advises several private funds. Namely, two other private funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons is $10,000,000 for each fund.

Careers at Harrison Street Advisors, LLC

The company employs 138 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 85 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Direct owners and executive officers



Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Llc Harrison Street Real Estate Capital Member 1 May 2011 75% - 100% 20-3677351
Stephen Marc Gordon Chief compliance officer 1 May 2011 Other 5880480
Joseph Goodman Lansing Portfolio manager 1 May 2011 Other 5249521
Joey Goodman Lansing Portfolio manager 1 May 2011 Other 5975482
Christopher Brian Galvin Manager 1 May 2011 Other 5885333
Michael Paul Galvin Manager 1 May 2011 Other 5885345
Christopher Nelson Merrill Manager, chief executive officer, chief financial officer 1 May 2011 Other 4555201
Dean Andrew Egerter Manager 1 May 2011 Other 4560204
Robert Paul Mathias Manager 1 May 2011 Other 5975485
Christopher Nelson Merrill Chief executive officer, chief financial officer 1 Dec 2011 Other 4555201
Stephen Marc Gordon General counsel 1 Mar 2016 Other 5880480
Tonia R. Nelson Chief compliance officer 1 Mar 2016 Other 2892282

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 6 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Christopher Brian Galvin Member/manager 1 Sep 2005 25% - 50% 5885333
Michael Paul Galvin Member/manager 1 Sep 2005 Other 5885345
Christopher Nelson Merrill Member/manager 1 Sep 2005 25% - 50% 4555201
Llc Colliers Investment Management Holdings Indirect owner 1 Jul 2018 75% - 100% 83-0650180
Inc. Colliers International Holdings (Usa) Indirect owner 1 Jul 2018 75% - 100% 41-2227433
Colliers International Group Inc. Indirect owner 1 Jul 2018 75% - 100% foreign

Based in Chicago

The principal office where Harrison Street Advisors, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 444 West Lake Street, Chicago, IL 60606 0069, which is also the mailing address of the firm. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 312-920-0500 or by fax 312-920-1855. The normal business hours are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at harrisonst.com.