James A. Morrison

Jim is the senior managing director responsible for major urban projects in Hines’ San Francisco office. Since joining Hines in 1987, he has managed the development, acquisition, financing, marketing and disposition of more than 10 million square feet of commercial, residential, retail and hotel properties, valued at more than $4 billion.

Over the course of his Hines career, Jim has been responsible for numerous projects in Hines’ West Region and Asia Pacific Region. In Shanghai, he was responsible for the development of the 1.2-million-square-foot One Museum Place; and 21st Century Tower, a 1-million-square-foot office/hotel/residential mixed-use project. In Beijing, he managed a 2.5-million-square-foot apartment and retail complex development; Hyundai Motor Tower, a 550,000-square-foot Class A office building; and Embassy House, a 174-unit, 500,000-square-foot luxury apartment development. In San Francisco, he managed the 1-million-square-foot State of California office building complex at San Francisco's Civic Center; and the 1990s historic preservation and seismic retrofit of the 600,000-square-foot Pacific Gas & Electric Company headquarters.

Jim completed his Bachelor of Arts and post-graduate work in Landscape Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley. He holds a Master of Business Administration from the Tuck School at Dartmouth College.