Key Takeaways
- • Patrick Hammes has been named Chief Executive Officer of the Hammes platform, according to an announcement dated October 7, 2026 from the Milwaukee-based Hammes organization, as part of a planned long-term leadership succession.
- • Jon Hammes, who previously served as Chairman and CEO, will continue as Chairman of Hammes, so the transition splits the two roles rather than bringing in an outside executive.
- • Leadership at the affiliated businesses, Hammes Healthcare, Hammes Realty Services, and Hammes Partners, is unchanged, and the firm says service to clients, investors, tenants, and partners will continue without disruption.
- • Patrick Hammes joined the firm in 2012 to help prepare and launch Hammes Partners, the institutional investment platform, where he serves as managing principal and investment committee member.
- • The firm's services span real estate consulting, development, investment, and management, with a focus on healthcare.
Summary
The Hammes organization announced on October 7, 2026 that Patrick Hammes has been named Chief Executive Officer, marking the next step in the firm's long-term leadership succession planning. Jon Hammes, who has served as Chairman and CEO, will remain in place as Chairman. The company describes the change as a planned transition designed to ensure long-term continuity, stability, and growth.
In his new role, Patrick Hammes will provide strategic and operational oversight of the firm's integrated suite of services, which spans real estate consulting, development, investment, and management, with a particular focus on healthcare. The leadership structures of the firm's affiliated businesses, Hammes Healthcare, Hammes Realty Services, and Hammes Partners, remain unchanged. The company states this is intended to preserve seamless service for clients, investors, tenants, and partners.
Patrick Hammes joined the company in 2012 to support the preparation and launch of Hammes Partners, the firm's institutional investment platform. He and Jon Hammes both serve as managing principals and investment committee members of that platform. According to the firm's published biography, Patrick previously worked in the Business Services and Healthcare Investment Banking Group at Robert W. Baird & Co. Before that, he practiced as an attorney at a large law firm in Dallas, Texas, and worked in the General Counsel's office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, DC.
Jon Hammes, founder of Hammes Company, described the decision in the announcement: "Formalizing Patrick's role as CEO underscores the confidence we have in his leadership and his strategic acumen." He added that the transition "supports our growth, upholds our fiduciary commitment to investors, and maintains continuity for our clients, tenants and partners." Patrick Hammes said the change "reflects the strength of the platform my father established 35 years ago." The firm was founded in 1991 and describes itself as a vertically integrated real estate solutions platform.
In his new role, Patrick Hammes will provide strategic and operational oversight of the firm's integrated suite of services, which spans real estate consulting, development, investment, and management, with a particular focus on healthcare. The leadership structures of the firm's affiliated businesses, Hammes Healthcare, Hammes Realty Services, and Hammes Partners, remain unchanged. The company states this is intended to preserve seamless service for clients, investors, tenants, and partners.
Patrick Hammes joined the company in 2012 to support the preparation and launch of Hammes Partners, the firm's institutional investment platform. He and Jon Hammes both serve as managing principals and investment committee members of that platform. According to the firm's published biography, Patrick previously worked in the Business Services and Healthcare Investment Banking Group at Robert W. Baird & Co. Before that, he practiced as an attorney at a large law firm in Dallas, Texas, and worked in the General Counsel's office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, DC.
Jon Hammes, founder of Hammes Company, described the decision in the announcement: "Formalizing Patrick's role as CEO underscores the confidence we have in his leadership and his strategic acumen." He added that the transition "supports our growth, upholds our fiduciary commitment to investors, and maintains continuity for our clients, tenants and partners." Patrick Hammes said the change "reflects the strength of the platform my father established 35 years ago." The firm was founded in 1991 and describes itself as a vertically integrated real estate solutions platform.
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