Warehouse REIT, the UK AIM-listed specialist warehouse investor, has announced that its external manager, Tilstone Partners Limited, has hired Gary Lees as senior asset manager.
Lees will join the team responsible for managing Warehouse REIT’s growing portfolio of urban warehousing, now approaching £300 mln.
'Gary brings in-depth sector knowledge to Warehouse REIT that will support us in identifying optimum investment and asset management opportunities, at this pivotal time in the business’ growth story,' commented Andrew Bird, managing director of Tilstone Partners Ltd.
'We look forward to benefiting from his experience and contacts in the warehouse market as we look to drive performance from the existing portfolio and continue growing our urban warehouse holdings.'
Lees was most recently at Antler Property Investments LLP, where he was an asset management director, responsible for a 33-site portfolio of UK industrial and office assets. A chartered surveyor, Gary started his career at international property consultancy King Sturge, now part of JLL, where he had a UK-wide property management role, operating from the Birmingham office.
At Tilstone, Lees will be based in London reporting to Paul Makin, investment director, and will leverage his national network and expertise to asset manage and let the business’ diversified portfolio of multi-let UK urban warehouses.
