Jacques Gordon, PhD
Advisor, Board of Advisors
Jacques Gordon is the inaugural Executive-in-Residence at the MIT Center for Real Estate and the incoming Director of Graaskamp Center for Real Estate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Prior to these roles, Jacques was the Global Head of Research and Strategy for LaSalle Investment Management and remains a senior advisor to the firm. In his former role, he was responsible for the macro strategy and micro research used to guide all investment decisions in 30 countries. He continues to serve on the Boards of the JLL Income Property Trust, The Real Estate Research Institute, and The Institute for Urban Research at the University of Pennsylvania.
Jacques received the “Graaskamp Award” from the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) for his contributions to real estate research and education. He originated the Jones Lang LaSalle Transparency Index in 1999, which has become the world standard for understanding international real estate. Prior to joining LaSalle, Jacques was head of strategy and research at Baring Asset Management (New York), Real Estate Research Corp (Chicago), The Joint Center for Housing Studies (Cambridge, MA) and he was a Research Associate at the Urban Institute (Washington, DC). He served on the Executive Committee of Wharton’s Zell-Lurie Center for Real Estate from 2012-2017, and as Chair of the Metropolitan Planning Council of Chicago in 2015-2016. He is past President of the Real Estate Research Institute, former Board member of Hoyt Institute, and is a regular author/editor for the Journal of Portfolio Management, PREA Quarterly, and Institutional Real Estate.
Jacques received his PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Masters degree from the London School of Economics, and an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
Jacques received the “Graaskamp Award” from the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) for his contributions to real estate research and education. He originated the Jones Lang LaSalle Transparency Index in 1999, which has become the world standard for understanding international real estate. Prior to joining LaSalle, Jacques was head of strategy and research at Baring Asset Management (New York), Real Estate Research Corp (Chicago), The Joint Center for Housing Studies (Cambridge, MA) and he was a Research Associate at the Urban Institute (Washington, DC). He served on the Executive Committee of Wharton’s Zell-Lurie Center for Real Estate from 2012-2017, and as Chair of the Metropolitan Planning Council of Chicago in 2015-2016. He is past President of the Real Estate Research Institute, former Board member of Hoyt Institute, and is a regular author/editor for the Journal of Portfolio Management, PREA Quarterly, and Institutional Real Estate.
Jacques received his PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Masters degree from the London School of Economics, and an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania.