# MSREF REAL ESTATE ADVISOR, INC.

MSREF REAL ESTATE ADVISOR, INC. of NEW YORK, NY is an SEC-registered investment adviser.

## Registration

- CRD: 142047
- Type: SEC-registered investment adviser
- SEC file number: 801-67286
- Location: 1585 BROADWAY, MORGAN STANLEY INVESTOR SERVICES, NEW YORK, NY, 10036
- Phone: 212-761-7160
- Latest filing: 2026-07-24
- Regulatory AUM: $15.8B
- Discretionary AUM: $15.4B
- Non-discretionary AUM: $382.6M
- Clients: 372
- Accounts: 26

## Business model

- Compensation: % of AUM, Performance, Other
- Clients served: Pooled vehicles, Investment cos

## Officers, owners & control persons (55)

_Showing 25 of 55 people._

| Name | Role | Location |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Josephine Scesney](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/17786) | DIRECTOR, GLOBAL HEAD OF FINANCE AND OPERATION | New York, NY |
| [Christie Park](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/17792) | DIRECTOR AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF MORGAN STANLEY REAL ASSETS INVESTING | New York, NY |
| [Thomas Owen](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/99760) | CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF MORGAN STANLEY REAL ESTATE INVESTING; CHAIRMAN OF MORGAN STANLEY REAL ESTATE INVESTING | Dallas, TX |
| [Benjamin Cordt Huneke](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/453857) | PRESIDENT AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF MORGAN STANLEY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT | New York, NY |
| [Lauren Hochfelder Silverman](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/547570) | CO-CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF MORGAN STANLEY REAL ESTATE INVESTING | Atlanta, GA |
| [Thomas Nicholas Owen](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/667246) | CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF MORGAN STANLEY REAL ESTATE INVESTING; CHAIRMAN OF MORGAN STANLEY REAL ESTATE INVESTING | — |
| [Mustufa Salehbhai](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/683293) | CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER | — |
| [John Richard Klopp](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/683294) | DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT AND HEAD OF REAL ASSETS | — |
| [Gauranga Pal](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/684050) | CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER | — |
| [Olivier De Poulpiquet](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/684430) | CHAIRMAN OF MORGAN STANLEY REAL ESTATE INVESTING | — |
| [Lauren Andrea Hochfelder](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/684431) | CO-CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF MORGAN STANLEY REAL ESTATE INVESTING; DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT AND HEAD OF REAL ASSETS | — |
| [Brian Perry Niles](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/684432) | CO-CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF MORGAN STANLEY REAL ESTATE INVESTING | — |
| [Toru Bando](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/684433) | CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER OF MORGAN STANLEY REAL ESTATE INVESTING | — |
| [Peter Clarke Harned](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/726812) | DIRECTOR AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF MORGAN STANLEY REAL ASSETS INVESTING | — |
| [MORRIS ANDREW TIMOTHY](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/736080) | CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF MORGAN STANLEY REAL ESTATE INVESTING | — |
| [ODELL CHRISTOPHER LEROY](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/749200) | CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER, CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER, VICE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY; CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER; CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER, VICE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY | — |
| [KESSLER JOHN BRIAN](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/749201) | DIRECTOR, GLOBAL CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF MORGAN STANLEY REAL ESTATE INVESTING | — |
| [SCHAEFER PAULA](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/749202) | DIRECTOR; DIRECTOR, GLOBAL CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF MORGAN STANLEY REAL ESTATE INVESTING; DIRECTOR, GLOBAL CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF MORGAN STANLEY REAL ESTATE INVESTING, CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER | — |
| [MANTZ JAY HOWARD](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/749203) | DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT; DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT AND GLOBAL CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER OF MORGAN STANLEY REAL ESTATE INVESTING; GLOBAL CO-HEAD OF MERCHANT BANKING (+2 more) | — |
| [KALSI KARAMJIT SINGH](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/749204) | DIRECTOR AND GLOBAL HEAD OF MORGAN STANLEY REAL ESTATE INVESTING; PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR AND GLOBAL CO-HEAD OF MORGAN STANLEY REAL ESTATE INVESTING | — |
| [CARRAFIELL JOHN ANTHONY](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/749205) | GLOBAL CO-HEAD OF MORGAN STANLEY REAL ESTATE; GLOBAL CO-HEAD OF MORGAN STANLEY REAL ESTATE INVESTING | — |
| [CATTIER JENNIFER MURPHY](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/749291) | CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER; CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER | — |
| [HARNED PETER CLARKE](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/769929) | CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF MORGAN STANLEY REAL ESTATE INVESTING; DIRECTOR AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF MORGAN STANLEY REAL ASSETS INVESTING; DIRECTOR AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF MORGAN STANLEY REAL ESTATE INVESTING | — |
| [FLEMING GREGORY J](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/771640) | PRESIDENT OF MORGAN STANLEY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND MORGAN STANELY SMITH BARNEY; PRESIDENT OF MORGAN STANLEY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND MORGAN STANLEY WEALTH MANAGEMENT | — |
| [MORIARTY EDMOND N](https://search.stillhousedata.com/person/771641) | COO OF MORGAN STANLEY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND HEAD OF MERCHANG BANKING AND REAL ESTATE INVESTING; HEAD OF MERCHANG BANKING AND REAL ESTATE INVESTING; HEAD OF MERCHANT BANKING AND REAL ESTATE INVESTING | — |


## Disclosures (28)

| Initiated | Type | Allegations | Status | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2017-03-06 | regulatory | THE HELLENIC CAPITAL MARKET COMMISSION (HCMC) ALLEGED THAT MORGAN STANLEY COMMITTED MARKET MANIPULATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 7, PAR. 2(C) OF LAW 3340/2005 BY DISCLOSING THAT THE FIRM, THROUGH VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES, HAD ACQUIRED MORE THAN 5% OF ALPHA BANK, HOWEVER 4.16% OF THE HOLDING WAS HELD BY A SUB… | Final | $53K |
| 2016-03-22 | regulatory | THE PORTUGUESE SECURITIES MARKET COMMISSION (CMVM) ALLEGED THAT THE FIRM DID NOT NOTIFY THE CMVM OR THE ISSUING COMPANY OF CHANGES TO CERTAIN QUALIFYING HOLDINGS WITHIN THE REQUIRED TIME PERIOD, IN VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 16 OF THE PORTUGUESE SECURITIES CODE | Final | — |
| 2016-02-11 | regulatory | THE ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE ("ILAG") ALLEGED THAT MORGAN STANLEY VIOLATED ILLINOIS LAW IN CONNECTION WITH THE MARKETING, SALE, AND ISSUANCE OF CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES BETWEEN 2002 AND 2008. | Final | $22.5M |
| 2016-02-11 | regulatory | THE NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE ("NYAG") ALLEGED THAT MORGAN STANLEY VIOLATED NEW YORK LAW IN CONNECTION WITH THE MARKETING, SALE, AND ISSUANCE OF CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES BETWEEN 2006 AND 2007. | Final | $150.0M |
| 2014-08-21 | regulatory | HCMC ALLEGED THAT MS FAILED TO PROPERLY OR TIMELY REPORT WHEN MS HOLDINGS IN CERTAIN COMPANIES INCREASED OR DECREASED BY MORE THAN 3%, OR EXCEEDED OR FELL BELOW 5%, 10% AND 15% THRESHOLDS, AS REQUIRED BY GREEK PRESIDENTIAL DECREE PD 51/1992 AND LAW 3556/2007. | Final | $71K |


## Private funds (18)

Mix: Real Estate Fund 17 · Private Equity Fund 1

_Showing 15 of 18 funds by gross asset value._

| Fund | Type | Formed | Owners | GAV | Min investment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PRIME PROPERTY FUND ASIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Real Estate Fund | Singapore | 31 | $3.7B | $10.0M |
| NORTH HAVEN REAL ESTATE FUND X GLOBAL-F, L.P. | Real Estate Fund | Canada | 170 | $2.9B | $10.0M |
| PRIME PROPERTY FUND EUROPE S.A., SICAV-RAIF | Real Estate Fund | Luxembourg | 9 | $1.8B | $10.0M |
| NORTH HAVEN REAL ESTATE FUND XI GLOBAL F LP | Real Estate Fund | Canada | 13 | $1.4B | $10.0M |
| NORTH HAVEN REAL ESTATE FUND IX GLOBAL-F, L.P. | Real Estate Fund | Canada | 105 | $1.1B | $10.0M |
| NORTH HAVEN REAL ESTATE FUND XI GLOBAL U LP | Real Estate Fund | Canada | 4 | $516.1M | $10.0M |
| NORTH HAVEN REAL ESTATE FUND X GLOBAL-T, L.P. | Real Estate Fund | Canada | 393 | $399.6M | $10.0M |
| EPICENTRE CO-INVESTMENT 1, L.P. | Real Estate Fund | Canada | 2 | $191.3M | — |
| EPICENTRE CO-INVESTMENT, L.P. | Real Estate Fund | Canada | 2 | $191.2M | — |
| NORTH HAVEN REAL ESTATE FUND VIII GLOBAL - F, L.P. | Real Estate Fund | Delaware | 57 | $135.7M | $1.0M |
| NORTH HAVEN REAL ESTATE FUND VIII GLOBAL CO-INVESTMENT, L.P. | Real Estate Fund | Canada | 3 | $60.9M | $1.0M |
| NORTH HAVEN REAL ESTATE FUND XI GLOBAL L SCSP | Real Estate Fund | Luxembourg | 8 | $50.2M | $10.0M |
| NORTH HAVEN REAL ESTATE FUND IX GLOBAL-T, L.P. | Real Estate Fund | Canada | 215 | $47.7M | $10.0M |
| NORTH HAVEN REAL ESTATE FUND XI GLOBAL T LP | Real Estate Fund | Canada | 4 | $31.4M | $10.0M |
| NORTH HAVEN REAL ESTATE FUND VIII GLOBAL CO-INVESTMENT NO. 1, L.P. | Real Estate Fund | Canada | 2 | $28.0M | $1.0M |


## Branch offices (16)

_Showing 15 of 16 offices._

| City | State | Employees | Phone |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TOKYO | — | 28 | 03-6836-5000 |
| LONDON | — | 13 | 44 20 74258000 |
| LOS ANGELES | CA | 11 | (310) 806-6300 |
| FRANKFURT | — | 10 | 49 69 2166 0 |
| SAN FRANCISCO | CA | 7 | 1 415 576 2000 |
| SHANGHAI | — | 7 | 862120336800 |
| MILAN | — | 6 | 390276331 |
| SYDNEY | — | 5 | 61297701111 |
| SINGAPORE | — | 4 | 65 6834 6888 |
| MUMBAI | — | 4 | 91 22 61181000 |
| PARIS | — | 3 | 331 4290 7000 |
| ATLANTA | GA | 3 | (404) 846-1300 |
| MADRID | — | 3 | 34914181200 |
| WEST KOWLOON | — | 2 | 85228485200 |
| SEOUL | — | 2 | 8223994848 |


## Fund service providers (5)

- custodian: NORTH HAVEN REAL ESTATE FUND IX GLOBAL-FEEDER A, L.P.
- custodian: NORTH HAVEN REAL ESTATE FUND IX GLOBAL-TE FEEDER, L.P.
- custodian: NORTH HAVEN REAL ESTATE FUND X GLOBAL-TE FEEDER L.P.
- custodian: NORTH HAVEN REAL ESTATE FUND XI GLOBAL TE FEEDER
- custodian: PRIME PROPERTY FUND EUROPE SCSP

## Related pages

- Form ADV Part 2 brochure: https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/142047/brochure
- Similar advisers: https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/142047/similar
- Related entities: https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/142047/related
- SEC IAPD (source of record): https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/142047

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