{{Short description|British property developer and businessman (born 1974)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Brett Palos | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Brett Alexander Palos | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1974|07}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Property developer | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | known_for = | boards = | spouse = | mother = Tina Green | children = | relatives = Stasha Palos (sister) | website = }} '''Brett Alexander Palos''' (born July 1974)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brett Alexander PALOS - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/mOiuR99pF5w8tHToMglEQLzf9rs/appointments|access-date=2020-11-24|website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk|language=en}}</ref> is a British property developer and entrepreneur. He is the founder of Brett Palos Investments and the chairman of The Thackery Estate.<ref name=":2" /> Palos owns Palos Developments, a luxury property development and design company in Miami Beach, Florida and is a significant shareholder in Dexter's London's largest estate agency.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Cordle|first=Ina|date=2016-04-21|title=Palos Developments targets Miami Beach for waterfront spec homes|url=https://therealdeal.com/miami/2016/04/21/palos-developments-targets-miami-beach-for-waterfront-spec-homes/|access-date=2020-11-01|website=The Real Deal|language=en-US|quote=Palos, who has built spec homes in London priced as high as $8,000 per square foot, first started developing spec homes in Miami three years ago, since he first bought a property for his family on La Gorce Island in Miami Beach.}}</ref>
Palos has been involved in the purchase of more than £1 billion of commercial and residential assets since 2012 with Brett Palos Investments.<ref name=":2" />
== Early life == Brett Palos was born in 1974 to Robert Palos and Tina Green.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Mychasuk|first1=Emiliya|last2=Terazono|first2=Emiko|date=2007-10-31|title=Plot thickens|work=Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/886a4734-8754-11dc-a3ff-0000779fd2ac|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110319092232/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/886a4734-8754-11dc-a3ff-0000779fd2ac.html#axzz46yhcRDO9|archive-date=19 March 2011|quote=Brett Palos is the son of the Monaco-based Lady Tina Green and first husband, the South African Robert Palos, from her previous life as a boutique owner in Johannesberg.}}</ref> His sister is Stasha Palos. His parents opened a clothing shop in Johannesburg, South Africa and expanded the business abroad.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Ruddick|first=Graham|date=2016-07-08|title=Tina Green: Lady of leisure or 'blonde hurricane' of a formidable partnership?|url=http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jul/08/tina-green-lady-of-leisure-or-lioness-heading-her-pride|access-date=2020-11-10|website=The Guardian|language=en|quote=They opened a clothes shop in South Africa and expanded the business abroad...The couple divorced after 20 years together.}}</ref> They divorced after 20 years together.<ref name=":4" /> Brett became the step-son of Philip Green when his mother Tina married the retailer in 1990.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Whitworth|first=Damian|date=2016-05-04|title=Superyachts, private jets and big parties — inside the world of billionaire Tina Green|language=en|work=The Times of London|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/ban-threat-for-tycoon-at-heart-of-bhs-fiasco-r67z5036k|access-date=2020-11-10|issn=0140-0460|quote=he proposed, and they married in 1990 in the garden of their home}}</ref>
== Career == In 1997, Palos was part of his step-father Philip Green’s negotiating team that outmaneuvered Sears plc when the company was selling its subsidiaries.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Shah|first=Oliver|title=Damaged goods : the inside story of Sir Philip Green, the collapse of BHS and the death of the High Street|publisher=Penguin Books|year=2018|isbn=978-0-241-34121-6|location=UK|chapter=Chapter 14|oclc=1043910665}}</ref>
In 2003, Palos bought the office supplies group ISA from the receivers to its then US parent, Daisytek International.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|last=Fletcher|first=Richard|date=7 November 2006|title=Green's stepson seeks £80m for group he rescued|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2950292/Greens-stepson-seeks-80m-for-group-he-rescued.html|access-date=4 May 2016|publisher=Telegraph}}</ref> In 2005, ISA made a pre-tax profit of £5.9 million on sales of £231 million.<ref name=":0" /> In 2006, Palos appointed investment bank Rothschild to sell ISA.<ref name=":0" /> In 2007, Palos sold ISA to Electra Private Equity for a net gain of £35 million.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=26 April 2009|title=Brett Palos|language=en|work=The Sunday Times|url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/brett-palos-59jq2pcb296|access-date=2020-11-01|issn=0140-0460|quote=Palos, 34, netted £35m in 2007 when his ISA group was sold to Electra Private Equity. The stepson of billionaire retailer Sir Philip Green (qv), Palos clearly has an eye for a bargain. He bought ISA, a Bradford-based office supplies group, in 2003, after its US parent had gone into receivership. Last month he teamed up with Anthony Lyons (qv) and Simon Conway (qv) to buy the 02 leisure and retail centre on London's Finchley Road for £92.5m.}}</ref>
In 2008, Palos, then 33 years old, was ranked 1,727 in the Sunday Times rich list with a wealth of £43 million.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Davies|first=Katie|date=2009-03-12|title=02 centre bought by local millionaire 'boys'|url=https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/02-centre-bought-by-local-millionaire-boys-1-630376|access-date=2020-11-01|website=Hampstead Highgate Express|language=en|quote=The latest addition to the Conway-Lyons partnership is Brett Palos. The 33-year-old was listed as 1727th with a wealth of £43million and there are rumours he has called upon the invaluable support of his stepfather, Topshop mogul Sir Philip Green.}}</ref>
In 2009, Palos, along with partners Anthony Lyons and Simon Conway, purchased the O2 Centre on Finchley Road in London for over £90 million.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Davies|first=Katie|date=2009-03-12|title=02 centre bought by local millionaire 'boys'|url=https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/02-centre-bought-by-local-millionaire-boys-1-630376|access-date=2020-11-01|website=Hampstead Highgate Express|language=en|quote=Matterhorn Capital, a partnership of millionaire property tycoons Anthony Lyons, Simon Conway and stepson of billionaire Sir Philip Green, Brett Palos, say they will take a "hands-on" approach to the shopping centre bought for more than £90million this week.}}</ref>
In 2010, Palos added more than 500 apartments to his property portfolio after buying them in a £400 million deal with Lloyds Banking Group.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-05-03|title=Lookers bid: Sir Philip Green stepson's role|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/business/lookers-bid-sir-philip-green-stepsons-role-6397615.html|access-date=2020-11-02|website=Evening Standard|language=en|quote=Last year he bought more than 500 central London apartments in a £400 million deal with Lloyds bank.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Morrison|first=Douglas|date=2010-05-14|title=Brett Palos completes £400m London residential investment deal|url=https://www.propertyweek.com/residential-and-development/brett-palos-completes-400m-london-residential-investment-deal-/3163371.article|access-date=2020-11-02|website=Property Week|language=en|quote=Entrepreneur Brett Palos has paid Lloyds Banking Group and Residential Land Holdings about £400m for 21 apartment blocks across central London in one of the biggest residential investment deals for years.}}</ref>
In 2012, Palos, along with partner Antony Alberti, acquired The Thackeray Estate, a London-based property investment company that specialises in repositioning commercial, mixed-use and residential development projects.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Jacoby|first=Charlie|date=2015-04-06|title=Spirits high in post-election market|url=https://www.thejc.com/property/property-features/spirits-high-in-post-election-market-1.66973|access-date=2020-11-01|website=The Jewish Chronicle|quote=Mr Palos has been involved in the purchase of more than £1 billion of commercial and residential assets over the past five years via Brett Palos Investments... The Thackeray Estate is a privately owned London-based property investment company, which specialises in repositioning high-quality commercial, mixed-use and residential development projects... Originally established in the 1960s, the company was acquired by Mr Palos and Mr Alberti in 2012.}}</ref>
In 2013, Palos started developing luxury spec homes in Miami.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|last=Cordle|first=Ina|date=2016-04-21|title=Spec Homes Miami Beach {{!}} Palos Developments Miami Beach|url=https://therealdeal.com/miami/2016/04/21/palos-developments-targets-miami-beach-for-waterfront-spec-homes/|access-date=2020-11-10|website=The Real Deal South Florida|language=en-US|quote=Palos, who has built spec homes in London priced as high as $8,000 per square foot, first started developing spec homes in Miami three years ago, since he first bought a property for his family on La Gorce Island in Miami Beach.}}</ref> A few years later, his company Palos Developments sold a waterfront spec home on North Bay Road in Miami Beach for 20 million dollars.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|date=2017-04-06|title=Palos Developments {{!}} 6466 N. Bay Rd {{!}} Miami Beach Spec Homes|url=https://therealdeal.com/miami/2017/04/06/palos-north-bay-road-spec-manse-sells-for-20m/|access-date=2020-11-10|website=The Real Deal South Florida|language=en-US}}</ref> It was one of the highest sale prices ever on the street.<ref name=":5" /> Palos described the homes his company develops as "contemporary Balinese-Deco style."<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-04-21|title=Spec Homes Miami Beach {{!}} Palos Developments Miami Beach|url=https://therealdeal.com/miami/2016/04/21/palos-developments-targets-miami-beach-for-waterfront-spec-homes/|access-date=2020-11-10|website=The Real Deal South Florida|language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2014, Matterhorn Palos Partnership, a joint venture between Brett Palos Investments and Matterhorn Capital, sold three Spire Healthcare hospitals for £110 million to the largest U.S. healthcare real estate trust.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Batt|first=Andrew|date=2015-06-24|title=UK's Kings Mall sold off market|work=Commercial Guru|url=https://www.commercialguru.com.sg/property-management-news/2015/6/99367/uk-s-kings-mall-sold-off-market|quote=In 2014, Matterhorn Palos Partnership sold three Spire Healthcare Hospitals for £110 million to the largest U.S. healthcare Real Estate Trust.}}</ref> In 2015, Matterhorn Palos Partnership sold Kings Mall shopping centre in Hammersmith, London, to Schroders UK Real Estate fund in a deal worth £153 million.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Batt|first=Andrew|date=2015-06-24|title=UK's Kings Mall sold off market|url=https://www.commercialguru.com.sg/property-management-news/2015/6/99367/uk-s-kings-mall-sold-off-market|access-date=2020-11-01|website=Commercial Guru|language=en-GB|quote=British commercial investment entity Matterhorn Palos Partnership, a joint venture between Matterhorn Capital and Brett Palos Investments, has sold, in an off market transaction, the prominent Kings Mall shopping centre in Hammersmith, West London.}}</ref>
In 2019, Palos’ Thackeray Estate sold Eastcheap Estate, a mixed-used scheme in London, for £45.5 million to Hong Kong investor LKK Health Products Group, the owner of the nearby Walkie-Talkie building.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ward|first=Anna|date=2019-03-07|title=LKK buys Eastcheap Estate|url=https://www.egi.co.uk/news/lkk-buys-eastcheap-estate/|access-date=2020-11-10|website=Estates Gazette|quote=Hong Kong investor LKK Health Products Group, owner of the Walkie-Talkie building in London, has bought a mixed-use scheme close to the skyscraper from the Thackeray Estate... Thackeray instructed BNP Paribas Real Estate to sell Eastcheap Estate, EC3, for £45.5m in October, having fully let it earlier that month.}}</ref>
In 2021 Palos teamed up with Oakley capital to back the growth of Dexter's now londons largest estate agent and he remains the largest individual shareholder.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Nigel |date=2024-06-25 |title=London's largest agency Dexters reports jump in profits |url=https://thenegotiator.co.uk/news/londons-largest-agency-by-volume-reports-jump-in-profits/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=The Negotiator |language=en-GB}}</ref>
== Personal life == Palos lives in London with his wife and three children.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Harley |first=Nicola |date=2018-01-18 |title=Burglar threatened half-naked wife of Sir Philip Green's stepson in £2m jewellery raid on their £18m home, court hears |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/18/burglar-threatened-half-naked-wife-sir-philip-greens-stepson/ |access-date=2020-11-01 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> He owns a home in Miami Beach.<ref name=":6" />
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