Harvey Koo

Harvey Koo is a transactions lead at Nuveen Real Estate, a wholly owned subsidiary of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America. In his current role, he is responsible for the growth of Nuveen’s affordable housing platform in the West Coast. Prior to this, Harvey was an Assistant Portfolio Manager for Nuveen’s life science fund, and covered life science and office acquisitions in the Northwest region. In that role, he focused on business plan execution on projects ranging from ground-up development to stabilized assets totaling over $1.5 billion. Before joining Nuveen Real Estate in 2020, Harvey served as a development manager for a Hong Kong firm specializing in housing development and management, where he led construction efforts for a $300 million ground-up residential project. Harvey began his career as an analyst at Hines with a focus on acquisitions and development. Harvey graduated with a B.A. in Economics from Dartmouth College.