Manulife Investment Management announced three new roles within its global real estate investment strategy that now spans over 73 million square feet of office, industrial, retail, and multifamily assets strategically located in Canada, the U.S. and Asia-Pacific.
Hired in a new role at the firm was Victor Calanog, global co-head of research and strategy. Meanwhile, Maggie Coleman, chief investment officer of North America; Jessica Harrison, head of U.S. acquisitions were brought in to existing positions at the firm.
“We are excited to announce these appointments as the greatest success factor for any leading real estate investment manager is its people. Our new colleagues will be additive and complementary to the existing expertise across key roles and functions – and at leadership levels – to drive the transformation we see as necessary to meet the expectations of our clients,” said Marc Feliciano, global head of real estate, Manulife Investment Management.
Coleman has been charged with developing and executing investment strategies, sourcing strategic platform opportunities alongside key relationships, managing portfolio risk and performance, and driving overall investment decisions and transaction volume across North America. She had been a managing partner for private capital advisory at Sera Global and before that spent more than a decade at JLL in various leadership positions.
Harrison leads the investment team and provides oversight and mentorship across North America and sits on the global real estate leadership team. She is responsible for sourcing, underwriting structuring and negotiation of all investments, including portfolio companies across the U.S. on behalf of clients, officials announced earlier this month.
Calanog is focused on formulating and executing on the real estate platform’s overall research strategy, in collaboration with the global CIO and investment team. He also is a member of the global real estate leadership team, but most recently was head of commercial real estate economics at Moody’s Analytics.
