Realstar

Realstar International Limited is part of the Realstar business which has significant expertise in the acquisition and management of residential and alternative real estate assets gained over more than 45 years of successful operations. Realstar owns and manages in excess of C$7 billion of assets in Canada and the UK.

Realstar manages all of its UK BTR assets in-house and has created a resident-facing brand called UNCLE for this purpose. Over the last seven years Realstar has created a UK portfolio of over 2,800 BTR and 400 student apartments, including;

• 513 apartments in Colindale and Southall, acquired through two forward fund transactions with Redrow;

• 294 stabilised apartments in Ilford acquired through a corporate purchase from Kennedy Wilson;

• 495 apartments in Wembley, forward funded with Hub; and

• 279-unit apartments in Elephant & Castle, currently the tallest, stabilised BTR tower in the UK.

  Realstar has a strong track record of partnership and performance and has successfully and efficiently executed acquisitions structured in several different ways, including asset purchases, share purchases and forward funded structures.

About the company culture

Integrity – A professional approach, we demonstrate integrity, honesty and fairness in every action taken.

Commitment – A results driven business, we proactively focus on the customer taking individual responsibility to drive performance.

Energy – An enthusiastic and positive working environment, we embrace cultural diversity and develop/nurture talent.

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About the team

Realstar is a private company with an established history of operations dating back to the early 1970s. It is controlled by the original two founders who continue to operate the business on a day-to-day basis.

Realstar established its London office in 2002 and today the team comprises more than 30 dedicated asset management and investment professionals based in its Victoria office.

The roles report to Michael North, Executive Vice President of Operations.

Every aspect of living in a big city has improved by leaps and bounds over the last 20 years. The only thing that hasn’t changed is renting a place to live.

Interior design that hasn’t been touched since the 80s. Endless waiting for urgent repairs. Nonsensical agency fees. Feeling trapped into leases when your circumstances change. This is the reality of what your biggest expense gets you these days.

At UNCLE we want to take the ‘lord’ attitude out of the word ‘landlord’. We’re not living in feudal times anymore and we believe people deserve better. We offer a straight-talking, no-nonsense approach for renters who are tired of hard-to-reach landlords and being treated like second-class citizens. We do this by making promises that address the issues customers have told us they actually care about, and back them up with consequences to us if we fail to deliver. We also spend tons of time working with world-class architects and designers to create beautiful apartments and extra spaces like gyms, sky lounges and yoga studios (for no extra charge).