Oak Brook’s Inland Real Estate Group names chief investment officer

Joseph Binder (Photo courtesy of Inland Real Estate.)

The Inland Real Estate Group, LLC promoted Joseph Binder to Chief Investment Officer.

In this role, Binder is responsible for managing and executing Inland’s investment strategies and capital markets activities and related strategic transactions. He will report to Tony Chereso, Inland’s Chief Executive Officer and President. 

Binder currently serves as, and will remain in, the roles of Executive Vice President of Inland Private Capital Corporation (IPC) and Chief Capital Officer of IPC Alternative Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (ALT REIT). 

Binder has been with Inland for over 16 years and has served as a senior member of the IPC management team since 2012, leading the underwriting, due diligence and structuring of its acquisitions, along with all debt capital market transactions and corporate lines of credit. In his time with IPC, Binder has overseen transactions in excess of $14 billion in investment real estate across nearly all asset types and a variety of investment structures and joint ventures. 

Binder manages an experienced, 10-person team that will collectively be elevated to the Group level in order to serve the entire enterprise.  In addition, Gail Gress, SVP of Real Estate Finance for Inland, will join this team and report to Binder.