Chad Burkhardt

Mr. Chad Burkhardt is Senior Vice President at CenterSquare Investment Management Holdings, Inc. Mr. Burkhardt brings 12 years of experience in real estate principal investing.
Prior to joining CenterSquare, he served as a Director of Blackpoint Partners, where he led evaluation, underwriting, and execution of prospective acquisitions.
Previously, Mr. Burkhardt was a Vice President at D.E.
Shaw & Co., a multi-strategy hedge fund based in New York.
Mr. Burkhardt oversaw commercial real estate acquisitions, which included the purchase of senior and subordinate debt positions, as well as CMBS and REIT bonds.
In addition, he was responsible for portfolio management and the disposition of select real estate assets.
Prior to D.E.
Shaw, Mr. Burkhardt worked at Merrill Lynch & Co. as a Vice President in Global Principal Investments, the group responsible for investing the firm’s balance sheet in commercial real estate debt and equity, with a focus on the Americas.
Mr. Burkhardt graduated from Cornell University with a B.S.
in Hotel Administration with a concentration in Real Estate Finance and Management.
Mr. Burkhardt is a member of the Commercial Mortgage Securities Association and on the board of directors of NYPEN Real Estate.