Nicholas L. Pell

Nicholas (“Nick”) is Link’s president and chief investment officer, responsible for portfolio management, including all capital deployment and disposition activities with a focus on ensuring the company has the best portfolio to service the needs of its customers.

Prior to the formation of Link in 2019, he served as chief investment officer at Gramercy Property Trust, an investor in and asset manager of industrial and office real estate. He played an integral role on the leadership team that grew the company from an enterprise value of approximately $200 million to over 80 million square feet of real estate before it was acquired by Blackstone for $7.6 billion in 2018.

Nick has also served as a director in the Investment Department at W. P. Carey & Co., as a director of Business Development at Sony Pictures Entertainment and as an analyst at J.P. Morgan & Co.

He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Duke University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School. Nick is a National Association of Industrial and Office Properties and Urban Land Institute member, and he also serves on the board of the Newport Festivals Foundation, which produces both the Newport Folk and Newport Jazz Festivals. Nick lives in Manhattan with his wife, Annie, and their two children. He enjoys skiing, outdoor fitness and the ocean.