LGC appoints ex-Harrison Street director to lead housing investment

Legal & General Group’s alternative asset platform, Legal & General Capital, has hired Vanisha Thakrar as head of investment for housing. Prior to LGC, Thakrar held senior roles at Harrison Street Real Estate Capital, where she was a director in the European transactions team, Macquarie Group and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Thakrar was hired to expand LGC’s diverse housing portfolio, including build-to-sell, build-to-rent, affordable housing, later living and modular homes. Thakrar said she will “evolve and expand LGC’s multi-tenure housing platform to deliver the homes society needs”, both in the UK and internationally. Simon Century, managing director of housing at LGC, said: “Housing represents a major growth sector for Legal & General Group, as we seek to tackle the housing crisis head on, providing homes for all demographics, ages and tenures.” To send feedback, e-mail akanksha.soni@eg.co.uk or tweet @EGPropertyNews