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Allura Market Maps are updated quarterly, built from on-the-ground verification, confirmed market data, local networks, and supported by a proprietary market intelligence system.
Ian Kelley is a real estate advisor specializing in Europe’s prime high-street and luxury retail markets.
With over two decades of experience, his work spans investment, development and leasing.
At Allura, he operates at the intersection of strategy, leasing and market access, identifying and activating retail opportunities across Europe’s leading high-street destinations.
He previously held senior roles at CBRE Investment Management and BMO Real Estate Partners (later part of Columbia Threadneedle Investments), where he founded and led the Paris office and built a pan-European platform exceeding €2 billion of high-street retail assets.
Earlier in his career, he was involved in commercial real estate development projects at Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield and Bouygues Immobilier, and began his career at Ralph Lauren, supporting the brand’s European expansion.
Ian is of French-American origin and studied engineering at the University of Massachusetts, before completing postgraduate studies in architecture and real estate at Columbia University and Harvard Business School.