Colliers Rebrands Investment Management Arm
As part of this move, Christopher Merrill, co-founder & CEO of Harrison Street, is taking on an expanded role.
Colliers is rebranding its investment management division as Harrison Street Asset Management, giving it the name derived from Harrison Street, a company that Colliers acquired a 75 percent stake in, back in 2018. Harrison Street executives retained the remaining 25 percent.
Christopher Merrill, co-founder & CEO of Harrison Street, is taking on an additional role of global CEO. He will also become the largest individual shareholder of HSAM.
Other executives will shift roles as part of the rebranding: Colliers’ Co-Chief Investment Officer Zachary Michaud will join HSAM as managing partner & global CFO, while HSAM CFO Stephen Gordon will take on the additional positions of managing partner & global COO.
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HSAM has more than $100 billion in assets under management. The entity will continue to “leverage the expertise of its investment professionals from Basalt Infrastructure Partners, Versus Capital, Rockwood Capital and Colliers Global Investors,” according to a company statement.
Colliers’ recent acquisitions
Colliers has been an active buyer of other companies recently. The real estate services firm has expanded further with a number of deals in the engineering sector since 2024. Those acquisitions include two Canadian companies, Englobe Corp. and Higher Ground Consulting, and the Illinois-based Terra Consulting Group.
Earlier in 2025, Colliers acquired Triovest’s Canadian commercial real estate services platform from Coril Holdings. The platform was then rebranded to Colliers. Earlier acquisitions include a 65 percent stake in Rockwood Capital, and the acquisition of a controlling interest in Versus Capital, a leading U.S. alternative real asset management firm.
For its part, Harrison Street has been busy expanding in the student housing sector. It too has found properties in Canada, such as Le Mildoré, a 279-bed project in downtown Montreal. Harrison Street also partnered with Gracorp Properties to develop a 645-unit student and working professional housing project in Calgary.
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