Blaise Keane

Mr. Blaise Keane, CPA, is an Executive Vice President at Heitman Real Estate Securities LLC.
He is also a Senior Portfolio Manager of the firm.
He has overall responsibility for the HART fund, including strategy development and implementation, investments, financings, dispositions, asset management, and client service and marketing.
Before joining the Portfolio & Asset Management team, he was active in identifying, structuring, and executing equity investment opportunities for Heitman's institutional pension fund clients across North America.
Prior to joining Heitman via its merger with JMB Institutional Realty Corporation, he was with JMB Realty Corporation.
His responsibilities with JMB included asset management, loan restructuring, property financing, and property disposition activities.
He began his career with Ernst & Young, an international public accounting firm.
While with Ernst & Young, he served many of the firm's real estate and financial services clients.
He received a BA from St. Mary's University of Minnesota and a Masters of Management from the J.L.
Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
He is a CPA.
He is also a member of several industry organizations, including The International Council of Shopping Centers, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.