Robert Neale FRICS

Robert has worked in the commercial real estate industry since 1982 based in cities including London, Brussels and currently Prague and Bucharest since 1991.

He created the development and asset management company Portland Trust in 1998. Portland Trust has been in partnership with US property and fund management group Ares Management Corporation, L.P. (formerly AREA Property Partners) since 1999. Ares currently has assets under management of over $596 billion and provides equity capital jointly with Portland Trust to purchase development projects, under-managed assets with refurbishment potential and undercapitalised companies in central and eastern Europe. Together, Ares and Portland Trust have developed or refurbished over 800,000 m2 of commercial space in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania.

Portland Trust has won numerous industry awards including the CEEQA Green Leadership and Office Development of the Year awards. Oregon Park won the CEEQA Overall Building of the Year SEE in 2018, and J8 Office Park won CEEQA Office Development of the year in 2022.  More recently the company has focused on renewables and data centres.