Kennedy Wilson has appointed Jake Harris as managing director with responsibility for overseeing the company’s industrial and logistics investment activities in the UK.
Harris, who has 23 years’ experience in the commercial real estate sector, spent the past three years as investment director at Paloma Capital. Prior to that, he worked for Kennedy Wilson from 2013 to 2021, Deutsche Asset Management and Cushman & Wakefield.
In his new role, Harris will also look beyond the industrial and logistics sector for attractive standalone and thematic acquisitions.
Mike Pegler, president of Kennedy Wilson Europe, said: “I’m delighted to welcome Jake back to the business, having thoroughly enjoyed working with him in his previous stint with the company. Jake already has a deep understanding of our business, as well as a wealth of knowledge in the UK investment market – in particular the industrial and logistics sector which remains an important focus for us in Europe.”
Harris added: “For experienced, creative and well-capitalised investors, the industrial sector continues to be a source of investment projects with the potential to deliver outsized risk-adjusted returns. It’s an exciting time to be re-joining the business and I look forward to working closely with the team to continue expanding Kennedy Wilson’s footprint in the UK.”
Kennedy Wilson has also recently appointed two senior asset managers to its UK team, with Holly Brown joining from Knight Frank Investment Management and Holly Mozley joining from St Modwen Logistics.
