Financial Services >> Money Manager Interviews >> July 27, 2009
TIM PIRE is managing director and portfolio manager for Heitman's public real
estate securities group and is an equity owner of the firm. He has been
analyzing public real estate securities at Heitman since 1992 and manages the
firm's investment process for all strategies. He was previously an associate
appraiser with Lyon, Skelte & Speirs, where he was responsible for visiting,
analyzing and valuing properties including retail, apartment, office and
industrial properties, primarily in the Northwest. Mr. Pire received an MS in
real estate with an emphasis in finance and a BBA in business with an emphasis
in finance, both from the University of Wisconsin. He earned his CFA in 1995. He
is on the board of advisors for the Center for Real Estate of the University of
Wisconsin-Madison School of Business and on the real estate board of advisors
for the Stephen L. Hawk Center for Applied Security Analysis of the University
of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business, and is a member of Profile
TWST: Please start by giving us an overview of Heitman and the real estate securities group.
Mr. Pire: Overall Heitman is a firm that is focused on real estate, and as
of the end of the