Key Takeaways
- • LaSalle Investment Management has appointed Marcus Day as head of LaSalle Global Solutions, the firm's $10 billion private indirect investment platform, effective October 13, 2026.
- • Day will oversee growth of the platform's multi-manager, fund-of-funds, joint venture, co-investment and secondaries strategies.
- • Day previously co-headed Brookfield's real estate secondaries platform and led acquisitions for the Americas at Partners Group's real estate secondaries business.
- • The platform will continue to draw on the combined global reach, research and market intelligence of LaSalle and JLL.
Summary
LaSalle Investment Management, the real estate investment management arm of JLL, has named Marcus Day head of LaSalle Global Solutions, according to the firm's announcement. The appointment is effective October 13, 2026. LaSalle Global Solutions is the firm's $10 billion private indirect investment platform.
In the role, Day will oversee the platform's growth across multi-manager, fund-of-funds, joint venture, co-investment and secondaries strategies. The platform will continue to leverage the combined global reach, research capabilities and market intelligence of LaSalle and JLL.
Day's background is concentrated in real estate secondaries. Before joining LaSalle, he was a founding member and co-head of Brookfield's real estate secondaries platform, where he helped build and scale the business, shaped its global investment and fundraising strategy, and led investment activity across the Americas and Asia Pacific. Previously, he was head of acquisitions for the Americas at Partners Group's real estate secondaries business, where he led the firm's Americas investment team. Earlier in his career he held senior real estate roles, though the primary source excerpt does not detail them.
LaSalle, which the firm describes as a leading global real estate investment manager with US$86.8 billion in private and public real estate equity and debt investments, has seen recent leadership changes. Brad Gries and Tim Kessler were previously promoted to top roles, with global CEO Mark Gabbay shifting to executive chairman.
In the role, Day will oversee the platform's growth across multi-manager, fund-of-funds, joint venture, co-investment and secondaries strategies. The platform will continue to leverage the combined global reach, research capabilities and market intelligence of LaSalle and JLL.
Day's background is concentrated in real estate secondaries. Before joining LaSalle, he was a founding member and co-head of Brookfield's real estate secondaries platform, where he helped build and scale the business, shaped its global investment and fundraising strategy, and led investment activity across the Americas and Asia Pacific. Previously, he was head of acquisitions for the Americas at Partners Group's real estate secondaries business, where he led the firm's Americas investment team. Earlier in his career he held senior real estate roles, though the primary source excerpt does not detail them.
LaSalle, which the firm describes as a leading global real estate investment manager with US$86.8 billion in private and public real estate equity and debt investments, has seen recent leadership changes. Brad Gries and Tim Kessler were previously promoted to top roles, with global CEO Mark Gabbay shifting to executive chairman.
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