Brian Gant

Experience

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  JPMorgan Chase & Company (dba First Chicago NBD, Bank One)

  Sept 1998 - Aug 2002

  JPMorgan Chase (JPM) is a publicly-traded, New York-based global financial institution with approximately $4 trillion of AUM. JPM is the largest U.S. bank by assets.Roles:• Real Estate Debt Capital Markets• Securitization• Corporate Finance (Treasurer’s Office)

  • Senior Associate

    Aug 2000 - Aug 2002

  • Associate

    Aug 1999 - Aug 2000

  • Analyst

    Sept 1998 - Aug 1999
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  JLL

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2005

  Associate

  JLL (dba Jones Lang LaSalle) is a Chicago & London-based, global commercial real estate services provider. Roles:• Strategic Consulting• Land & Occupier Services • Investment Management

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  Capri Investment Group (dba Capri Capital Partners, Capri Capital Advisors)

  Sept 2005 - Sept 2012

  Capri is a Chicago-based real estate investment advisor with a prior focus on core / core-plus separate accounts, and value-add and opportunistic closed-end, commingled funds. Vehicles invested nationally across the capital spectrum (i.e. equity, preferred equity, mezzanine, conventional debt). The platform also invested across multiple property types (i.e. multifamily, industrial, office, retail, hotel) in multiple geographic markets.Executive Roles: • Asset & Portfolio Management• Research • Client Reporting Covered multifamily, industrial, office & retail sectors across multiple geographic markets Show less

  • Vice President of Portfolio Management

    Sept 2008 - Sept 2012

  • Assistant Vice President

    Sept 2005 - Sept 2008
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  Origin Investments

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2014

  Director, Head of Asset & Portfolio Management

  Origin previously managed opportunistic high net worth capital via closed-end commingled real estate funds. The platform previously invested in GP & LP positions — in select markets across multiple sectors — but with a bias towards Class B/C multifamily, medical office & retail. The platform also invested in both debt & equity.Executive Roles: • Head of Asset & Portfolio Management• Investment Committee (Voting Member)Created & implemented firm's portfolio risk management platform.Oversaw all fund financial reporting. Show less

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  Mesirow

  Aug 2014 - now

  Mesirow is an independent diversified financial services firm, and one of the largest privately-owned managers of alternative investments in the U.S. Based in Chicago, the firm has additional offices in New York, London, Miami, Nashville, Newport Beach & Hong Kong.The Institutional Real Estate Direct (IRED) Team is an entrepreneurial, specialist, multi-billion-dollar manager of private, value-add equity in the U.S. multifamily space. The platform spans five fully discretionary, closed-end commingled funds. The IRED platform was founded by an industry leader and former partner of a prior employer.Executive Roles: • Head of Platform-wide Dispositions• Research and Client Services Team• Portfolio Management Lead - DFW• Direct Real Estate Executive Committee• Analyst & Internship Program Co-manager Show less

  • Managing Director & Head of Dispositions - Institutional Real Estate, Direct Investments

    Mar 2024 - now

  • Senior Vice President & Head of Dispositions - Institutional Real Estate, Direct Investments

    Aug 2019 - Mar 2024

  • Senior Vice President - Institutional Real Estate, Direct Investments

    Aug 2016 - Aug 2019

  • Vice President - Institutional Real Estate, Direct Investments

    Aug 2014 - Aug 2016