Chris Hayes serves as Managing Director on the Asset Management Team. His responsibilities include redevelopments, leasing, restructurings, dispositions and other follow-on/expansion investments for W. P. Carey’s North American portfolio. Chris manages a $6+ billion portfolio consisting of 100+ tenants and 400+ properties across all asset types.

Prior to joining W. P. Carey, Chris worked at A&Co, a boutique real estate investment and development firm in New York specializing in urban redevelopment projects. Prior to joining A&Co, he worked at The Finance Project, doing financial consulting for non-profit organizations in the education industry.

Chris earned his M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, with a dual concentration in Finance and Real Estate. He received his B.A. from Williams College, where he captained the lacrosse team and earned Academic All-American honors.