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Harrison Street eyes senior housing platform growth with PGIM hires. Harrison Street Asset Management is set to grow its healthcare real estate platform as senior housing investment opportunities abound. With $16 billion invested across 46,000 units, Harrison Street remains one of the largest private owners of senior housing in the U.S. and is looking to expand the business. Former PGIM Real Estate executive Jon Glass has joined the $110 billion firm along with two other hires, a move set to expand Harrison Street's ability to develop, refinance and sell assets and pursue value-add initiatives across its senior housing portfolio. Alongside Glass, senior associate Michael Corsini and senior associate Hardie Jackson have also joined the team from PGIM Real Estate. Glass will lead the team as managing director. He has been tasked with leading portfolio asset management, value creation initiatives and relationship management with operating partners and third-party property managers. Through these partnerships, he will guide property-level business plans and capital improvements. Glass will also work closely with Harrison Street's transactions team. The new hires bring experience managing institutional senior housing portfolios at a time when growth in the 80-plus population is spurring investment in the sector. That backdrop is also translating into more activity across Harrison Street's portfolio. Over the summer, Harrison Street announced it had closed or was in the process of closing 10 investments in new developments valued at more than $1.2 billion over the previous 18 months. To date, the firm has completed $7.3 billion in senior housing sales across 190 properties since inception. Late last year, Harrison Street formed a joint venture with Oakmont Senior Living and Blue Mountain Enterprises to acquire and develop a six-property senior housing portfolio across California, comprising five operating communities and one development slated for completion in 2027. The 669-unit portfolio includes hair salons, coffee and gelato bars, and movie theaters.

Harrison Street launches new multifamily student housing partnership in San Diego california. September 19, 2026 Harrison Street Asset Management and development partner The Michaels Organization have unveiled Presidio Terrace Apartments, a $230 million, 321-unit, 700-bed on-campus student housing project being built in a public-private partnership with the University of San Diego. The community is expected to be completed by August 2029. Presidio Terrace will be located between the university's academic center and a nearby retail corridor. It will house upperclassmen, graduate and professional students and provide access to the business, nursing, engineering and law schools. The approximately 570,000-square-foot building will have about 248,018 square feet of net rentable space. Amenities at the community will include an indoor/outdoor fitness center, lounge and study spaces, a juice bar, a grab-and-go food space, an outdoor media wall and rooftop decks overlooking Mission Bay. The project is structured through a 99-year ground lease with USD and will benefit from a full real estate tax exemption as a university-affiliated facility. Michaels will be the developer and operator of the student housing property. USD's total enrollment increased by 13.2 percent since 2020.

Harrison Street tops $6 billion in PPP assets with announcement of University of San Diego's first-ever public-private partnership to build $230 million Presidio Terrace Apartments. The investment, in partnership with The Michaels Organization, represents Harrison Street's first transaction from its new, dedicated PPP strategy for a 700 bed on-campus purpose-built student housing development. CHICAGO, Sept. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Harrison Street Asset Management ("Harrison Street"), a leading alternative global investment management firm with $110 billion in assets under management across infrastructure, real estate and credit strategies, and The Michaels Organization ("Michaels") today announced a public-private partnership agreement ("PPP") with the University of San Diego ("USD") to build the Presidio Terrace Apartments, a planned new $230 million, 321-unit, 700-bed on-campus student housing development. The investment represents the first transaction completed through Harrison Street's dedicated public-private partnership strategy, as well as USD's first-ever PPP agreement. Including this transaction, Harrison Street has surpassed $6 billion in PPP assets under management, solidifying its position as a leading PPP solution provider to the higher education, healthcare and government sectors. Located on USD's campus between the University's academic center and a nearby retail corridor, Presidio Terrace will be the University's latest on-campus residential facility purpose-built for upperclassmen, graduate and professional students. The project is designed to provide students with a high-quality alternative to the limited supply of institutional-quality housing currently available to these populations both on and around campus. The development, which is expected to be completed in August 2029, is planned to also provide convenient access to USD's business, nursing, engineering and law schools. "Presidio Terrace is a strong example of how PPPs can help universities address critical infrastructure needs, creating a win-win situation for academic institutions, investors, and college communities," said Jim Hennessy, Head of PPP Business Development at Harrison Street. "We are pleased to partner with the University of San Diego and Michaels to deliver high-quality housing tailored to the specific needs of the University's students. Today, we are seeing more PPP activity than ever before, as more universities recognize that these structures allow them to focus on their core academic mission while conserving capital and transferring operational responsibilities to a private partner." The project is structured through a 99-year ground lease with USD and will benefit from a full real estate tax exemption as a University-affiliated facility. The property will be developed and operated by Michaels, with which Harrison Street has an extensive prior relationship and track record. Harrison Street, which is one of the largest owners of on-campus housing nationally, has been a long-term leader in the public-private partnership space, working with universities and other mission-driven institutions to develop and finance critical infrastructure while allowing those organizations to preserve capital for their core missions. The firm has secured partnerships with more than 20 other universities, including Northwestern University, Duquesne University, Duke University, Arizona State University, the University of Kentucky, and Missouri State University. Across its platform, Harrison Street has completed 64 PPP transactions, building deep experience structuring long-duration partnerships that align the interests of institutions, investors, developers and end users. Over 40% of Harrison Street's higher education PPP pipeline consists of opportunities with existing university partners considering their second or third PPP with the firm. Leveraging decades of experience investing across student housing and academic infrastructure, Harrison Street seeks opportunities that support the evolving needs of universities and institutional partners. The firm focuses on investments where private capital and operational expertise can help institutions address capital requirements, enhance infrastructure and adapt to changing enrollment and campus needs without diverting resources from their primary missions. "We've focused on real asset innovation since our founding in 2005. In 2018, we saw another pioneering opportunity to launch a PPP business to help universities modernize and expand essential infrastructure through well-structured public-private partnerships," said Christopher Merrill, Co-Founder & Global CEO of Harrison Street. "Presidio Terrace reflects the continued evolution of our investment capabilities in the higher education sector and builds on Harrison Street's long history of innovation and serving as a partner of choice for on-campus student housing and other mission-critical social infrastructure." The University of San Diego has experienced strong recent enrollment trends in recent years, with total enrollment increasing 13.2% since 2020, alongside significant growth in applications. In addition to its leading position as a PPP infrastructure investor, Harrison Street is an innovator in the student housing market more broadly, and one of the largest private owners of off campus student housing globally. Since inception, the firm's alternative real assets strategy has invested over $24 billion across 432 student housing properties, totaling more than 237,000 beds throughout North America and Europe. About Harrison Street Asset Management Harrison Street Asset Management is a leading global alternative investment management firm with $110 billion in assets under management across real estate, infrastructure, and credit strategies. Headquartered in Chicago, Toronto, and London with over 600 employees in offices across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, the firm offers innovative solutions across a variety of closed-end, open-end and specialized vehicles on behalf of over 1,100 institutional investors and over 300 Registered Investment Advisors.[1] [1] HSAM data and descriptions of HSAM's business are generally comprised of the aggregated data and business activities of investment advisors that are owned in whole or in part by HSAM. Assets under management ("AUM") reflects the AUM for the investment advisory and asset management clients of such investment advisors and is inclusive of the regulatory AUM of such investment advisors as would be reported in their respective Form ADVs. Media Contacts: Doug Allen/Ellie Johnson Dukas Linden Public Relations [email protected]