Bio
Chris is Managing Director and Head of Debt Asset Management for Nuveen Real Estate. With over $140 billion of assets under management, Nuveen Real Estate is one of the largest real estate investment managers in the world. Nuveen is a wholly owned subsidiary of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America.
Prior to joining Nuveen in 2019, Chris served in the same role for AllianceBernstein, with over $5 billion of capital under management in its commercial real estate debt funds providing first mortgage loans secured by transitional properties. Prior to AllianceBernstein, Chris was Director of Investments for StructureTone Equities, a private family office real estate platform with a focus on redevelopment, value add and distressed investments. From 1998 to 2006, Chris was a Vice President at iStar, where he was responsible for originating, structuring and underwriting debt and equity investments across all property types, including over $3 billion of closed transactions. Chris graduated with a B.B.A. in Finance and Economics from the University of Kentucky, where he graduated with honors as a Gaines Fellow and Chancellor Scholar.