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Harrison Street Raises $1.6B for 7th U.S. Opportunistic Fund

Harrison Street closed on its seventh U.S. opportunistic real estate fund, Harrison Street Real Estate Partners VII L.P., at the fund’s hard cap of $1.3 billion, exceeding its original $950-million target.

The Chicago-based firm raised an additional $302.5 million in co-investment vehicles to invest alongside Fund VII, for a total of $1.6 billion of equity raised and total buying capacity of approximately $4 billion.

Fund VII has already committed 26% of its equity capital, and expects more than half of the portfolio to be comprised of senior housing, healthcare delivery and life science investments.

“While it is certainly gratifying to see the creation of a robust market around the asset classes we have focused on exclusively for over a decade, we are exceptionally proud of our track record of generating strong risk-adjusted performance for our investors across assets classes and market cycles,” said Harrison Street CEO Christopher Merrill.

Pictured: Harrison Street headquarters in Chicago

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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