CASE COMPETITION
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH &
ABOUT OUR SPONSORS
Harrison Street is a major alternative investment management firm founded in 2005 that has invested over $68 billion across various sectors including senior housing, student housing, and healthcare real estate. Capital One Healthcare focuses on medical property financing as part of a top 10 U.S. bank, offering customized solutions for healthcare real estate with over $292 billion in total loans and $440 billion in total assets.​
HARRISON STREET
​Harrison Street currently has 35 employees who are University of Wisconsin alumni or current students. Since the company's inception, more than 60 University of Wisconsin alumni have worked at the firm. Hosted both the Real Estate Club and Women In Real Estate (WIRE) to visit their office in Chicago. Chris Merrill, Co-Founder, Chair, and CEO of Harrison Street, received the Graaskamp Visionary Award at the Wisconsin School of Business.​
THE CASE COMPETITION
​​​​​​​The annual Harrison Street/Capital One REPEC Case Competition, led by REPEC's Mark Eppli and Ryan Sheena, featured 65 students from UW-Madison's top-ranked real estate program. Fifteen teams evaluated a Madison student housing asset, creating a business plan and 5-year valuation. Participants pitched to judges from Harrison Street, Capital One, and the Wisconsin Graaskamp Center, gaining valuable industry exposure and real-world experience.​
2025 Competition Winners
Congratulations to all the finalists of the case competition:
First Place: Joe Thousand, Daniel Everson, Ryan Tarantino, Bowen Bainbridge, Collin Marquardt
Second Place: Gavin Dempsey, Johnny Rolfes, Rees Horman, Sofia Giannini, Zach Ehrlich
Third Place: Giovanni Russo, Will Vu, Ayanna LaPointe, Tony Fuentes-Flores
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​Special thanks to our judges:
Sean Casey (Harrison Street), Joseph Curtin (Harrison Street), Bethany Corbae (Harrison Street), Brian Mutchler (Harrison Street), Matthew P. (Capital One), Tiffany Holznecht (Capital One), Rochelle Probst (Capital One), Jessica Ravitch (Capital One), Mark Eppli (Graaskamp Center for Real Estate), Ryan Sheena (Real Estate Private Equity Club), Aidan McCarthy (Real Estate Private Equity Club)
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