in 2005, he co-founded harrison street real estate capital llc, a real estate private equity firm, with his brother michael p. galvin and christopher n. merrill. harrison street real estate has launched a series of focused and differentiated closed-end opportunity funds. the company's focus is investing in sectors of the real estate market that have their own compelling demand generators. these sectors include: education, healthcare and storage, focusing specifically on senior living, student housing, medical office and self storage. the firm's goal is to create a series of differentiated investment products that span the risk/return spectrum. harrison street has 85+ employees and is headquartered in chicago, illinois. as of q1 2016 the firm and its affiliates manage approximately $10.4 billion in property assets and publicly traded securities through multiple investment vehicles on behalf of sovereign wealth funds, public & corporate pension funds, endowments, insurance companies, foundations and family offices. in july 2018, colliers international acquired galvin's stake in the business.