Ryan Prince

Founded in 1974, Realstar is a privately owned real estate investment and property management firm specialised in the rental residential, hospitality and alternative sectors. It owns and/or manages in excess of C$9B of assets. In Canada, Realstar is one of the country's most respected and largest residential landlords with over 25,000 apartments. Realstar has received many industry awards for its customer service and innovation in the field. Through its previous ownership of Delta Hotels & Resorts and its current master trade mark licenses for the Days Inn, Motel 6 and Studio 6 hotel brands in Canada, Realstar also has extensive experience with brands. Realstar's UK operation was established in 2002 by Ryan Prince. Since this time the company has acquired and developed over £3B of assets, including a portfolio of 73 Holiday Inn hotels comprising of 13,000 rooms, over 4,000 rental residential and student accomodation assets and a national portfolio of primary healthcare centres. Most recently the company has created UNCLE - a new kind of rental housing brand. Rated #1 on Trust Pilot in the UK, UNCLE's mission is to offer 'renting as it should be'. From a standing start in 2017, UNCLE now has 12 locations open and under construction in London, Leeds and Manchester and through its joint venture with QuadReal, is seeking to at least double in size of the next 3-5 years.