Director of Strategy and Research, RFA
William Maher
Industry Involvement
- Member
- Member
- Member
Research Advisory Committee
Research Committee Vice Chair, 2004-2006
Board Member & President, 2012-2014
Publications Committee Chair, 2016-2018
- Vice Chair of Program Committee, 2001-2006
- Council Vice Chair, 2008-2018
- Principal Commentator for ULI Real Estate Economic Forecast, 2015-Present
- Real Assets Subcommittee, 2002-2019
Bill leads RFA’s economic and property market research and develops forecasts and house views on the economy, capital markets, metro economies, and property markets
William Maher is Director of Strategy & Research for RCLCO Fund Advisors (RFA), a leading consultant to institutional investors. Based in the Bethesda, Maryland office, Bill leads RFA’s economic and property market research and develops forecasts and house views on the economy, capital markets, metro economies, and property markets. In addition to serving as a member of the RFA Investment Committee, Bill develops real estate investment strategies for pension funds and other institutional clients, based on risk and return metrics. He brings a wealth of knowledge and perspective from his decades-long experience as a respected economist and thought-leader to the real estate industry.
Prior to joining RCLCO, Bill was Director of Strategy & Research, Americas, at LaSalle Investment Management for twenty-five years. For much of 2020, he worked with the Urban Land Institute, where was the lead writer/researcher of ULI’s Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2021. Before LaSalle, he was a Partner, Real Estate Consulting, at Ernst & Young and an EVP & CFO at Halcyon Ltd. He has written and presented extensively on a wide range of topics and is active in PREA, RERI, ULI, NCREIF, AIF and other industry groups.
Bill has a Master’s in Urban Planning from Harvard University and a Bachelor’s in Economics from Williams College.
