About Real Harbour Capital
Our Vision
Real Harbour has a mission to become a market leading investment management, asset management and development management platform for our capital partners. Focused on the retail and logistics sectors as well as opportunistic add-value real estate.
Delivering attractive risk adjusted income and capital returns, unlocked through data driven considered stock selection, intensive hands-on asset management, strong occupier relationships and risk controlled development. A trusted partner for any economic cycle. A modern, dynamic business where our team and our capital partners alike feel valued and share in our success.
We believe intensive hands-on asset management combined with market insight into evolving consumer behaviour drives value from real estate for both our capital partners and our occupiers, helping them
navigate the consumers of tomorrow.
Our Platform
Real Harbour Capital has three pillars:
- Investment Management
- Asset Management
- Real Estate Advisory
Founded in 2025 by Stuart Mitchell, Real Harbour Capital is a trusted partner with deep experience and expertise in UK commercial real estate. With a highly respected and regarded advisory board supporting the business, providing experience in retail, development, private equity and local authorities.
Our focus is on performance. Using data, market intelligence and a deep network of contacts to identify attractive risk adjusted investment opportunities, through active asset management, close relationships with our occupiers and risk controlled development. Delivering sustainable rental income for our occupiers, an enhanced built environment for our consumers while driving income returns and capital values for our capital partners.
Who Are We?
Stuart Mitchell
Founder & Director
Education
BSc Land Management
University of Reading
Reading Real Estate Foundation
Enterprise & Entrepreneurial Award
Member
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
MBA Essentials
London School of Economics
Stuart founded Real Harbour Capital in May 2025 having specialised in the retail and logistics sectors for over 20 years. He started his career at logistics specialist Fuller Peiser before being acquired by BNP Paribas Real Estate where he went on to specialise in agency and capital markets.
In 2010 Stuart joined shopping centre, retail park and town centre regeneration specialist NewRiver REIT plc shortly after their IPO where he went onto become a member of the Executive Committee, Head of Third-Party Asset Management and responsible for the NewRiver REIT plc Southern Portfolio.
In 2023 he joined sporting institution The Jockey Club, and their Executive Committee as Managing Director of Group Property responsible for overseeing the real estate strategy to drive income and capital receipts from non-core land to reinvest back into the core horseracing business. With a focus on residential, industrial open storage, renewables, hotels and leisure uses together with operational cost saving initiatives across their 10,000 acre portfolio including 15 racecourses.
Specialising in the investment, asset management and development management he has transacted over £1.5bn over the past 20 years.
Stuart is a member of the RICS, former member of the Revo Asset Management Committee, British Retail Consortium Insolvency Committee and a member of Accessible Retail.
Outside work Stuart is a golfer, skier, tennis player and countryman with a fond affection for Uist in the Outer Hebrides with his closest friends, many in property. However, most weekends with his wife are taken up taxiing their three young children to their busy social lives and sporting pursuits around Kent!
E: stuart.mitchell@realharbour.com
T: 07825 016362
Stuart Mitchell
Founder & Director
Education
Stuart founded Real Harbour Capital in May 2025 having specialised in the retail and logistics sectors for over 20 years. He started his career at logistics specialist Fuller Peiser before being acquired by BNP Paribas Real Estate where he went on to specialise in agency and capital markets.
In 2010 Stuart joined shopping centre, retail park and town centre regeneration specialist NewRiver REIT plc shortly after their IPO where he went onto become a member of the Executive Committee, Head of Third-Party Asset Management and responsible for the NewRiver REIT plc Southern Portfolio.
In 2023 he joined sporting institution The Jockey Club, and their Executive Committee as Managing Director of Group Property responsible for overseeing the real estate strategy to drive income and capital receipts from non-core land to reinvest back into the core horseracing business. With a focus on residential, industrial open storage, renewables, hotels and leisure uses together with operational cost saving initiatives across their 10,000 acre portfolio including 15 racecourses.
Specialising in the investment, asset management and development management he has transacted over £1.5bn over the past 20 years.
Stuart is a member of the RICS, former member of the Revo Asset Management Committee, British Retail Consortium Insolvency Committee and a member of Accessible Retail.
Outside work Stuart is a golfer, skier, tennis player and countryman with a fond affection for Uist in the Outer Hebrides with his closest friends, many in property. However, most weekends with his wife are taken up taxiing their three young children to their busy social lives and sporting pursuits around Kent!
BSc Land Management
University of Reading
Reading Real Estate Foundation
Enterprise & Entrepreneurial Award
Member
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
MBA Essentials
London School of Economics
Advisory Board
Real Harbour Capital benefits from a highly respected, regarded and diverse skill set providing sound advice, guidance and expertise.
Katherine Russell
Director of Build-to-rent at John Lewis Partnership and former Head of Property, John Lewis Partnership
Justin Thomas
Property Director, The Jockey Club and Former Director of Development, NewRiver REIT
Catherine Sherrin
Data Program Lead, Revantage Europe, a Blackstone Portfolio Company
Caroline Hicks
Director for Growth & Community at Dartford Borough Council and Former Head of Property & Regeneration, Canterbury City Council
Sustainability & Community
We care. For our children, our grandchildren, future generations and all those in the present.
Any built environment has the opportunity to lean into sustainability and is in our mindset. From choices made in construction and materials, to installing EV chargers, solar and energy saving opportunities, to the simple choices we have in engaging with our people, communities and stakeholders.
Environmental, Social & Governance is something we do and can provide everyday. Be it delivering environmental targets in GRESB, BREEAM certification or Net-Zero targets. Bringing communities together providing a social landscape for all to thrive, or simply providing governance for the properties we own and manage. We do it. With passion, pride and an eye on the future.
