Key Takeaways
- • The New Jersey Department of the Treasury's Division of Investment appointed Neil Madsen as head of real estate, effective Nov. 2.
- • Madsen brings 35 years of institutional real estate experience, including founding partner at Madsen Advisors, where he developed and executed real estate investment strategies and long-term investment plans.
- • Madsen previously served as a board director of Fife Capital from 2011 to 2025 and as executive vice president and head of real estate private equity at AEGON Asset Management.
- • Madsen also serves as an adjunct professor at the Fordham University Real Estate Institute and previously taught at New York University's Schack Institute of Real Estate.
Summary
The New Jersey Department of the Treasury's Division of Investment has named Neil Madsen head of real estate, effective Nov. 2, according to Institutional Real Estate, Inc. The appointment places a veteran institutional real estate investor in charge of the real estate portfolio of one of the state's key public investment programs.
Madsen brings 35 years of institutional real estate experience to the role. Most recently he was founding partner at Madsen Advisors, where he developed, recommended and executed real estate investment strategies and long-term investment plans.
His earlier career includes a role as executive vice president and head of real estate private equity at AEGON Asset Management. From 2011 to 2025, he served as a board director for Fife Capital.
Madsen also serves as an adjunct professor at the Fordham University Real Estate Institute and previously taught at New York University's Schack Institute of Real Estate, reflecting a strong academic background alongside his investment career.
Madsen brings 35 years of institutional real estate experience to the role. Most recently he was founding partner at Madsen Advisors, where he developed, recommended and executed real estate investment strategies and long-term investment plans.
His earlier career includes a role as executive vice president and head of real estate private equity at AEGON Asset Management. From 2011 to 2025, he served as a board director for Fife Capital.
Madsen also serves as an adjunct professor at the Fordham University Real Estate Institute and previously taught at New York University's Schack Institute of Real Estate, reflecting a strong academic background alongside his investment career.
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