Robert Ball

Principal

Robert Ball is one of Portland’s leading developers and has been a successful real estate investor, developer, manager, and owner. He brings a unique combination of development talent and experience in land planning, entitlement processing, market and feasibility analysis, design and construction, and the essential operational components of real estate investment. Robert negotiates and manages acquisitions, property analysis, development profitability forecasts, acquisition feasibility, market conditions, property due diligence, and overall project and real estate product concepts. His career has spanned over 25 years, creating large scale projects along with the formation of real estate development, sales, and management companies.

Robert volunteers as a reserve police officer for the Portland Police Bureau and holds the rank of Commander. He was awarded the Police Medal (for valor,) two Distinguished Service Awards from the Oregon Peace Officers Association, and many other commendations and citations. He has served on Portland’s Charter Commission, several nonprofit boards, and has been active in civic, neighborhood and community projects. He won the 1997 NW Examiner Award for Public Safety and was listed on the Business Journal’s prestigious 40 Under 40 list for outstanding leadership in business and civic affairs.

Benjamin Stutz

Director

Lawyer-turned-developer Benjamin Stutz has spent the last 30 years successfully redeveloping property in Portland, Oregon. His involvement spans across 17 projects with uses ranging from: apartments, condominiums, offices, retail, creative space, and more- and who’s total value surpasses $100 million.

Benjamin’s business passions go beyond real estate and many local residents know him as the owner-operator of the Portland staple: Kelly’s Olympian bar and venue.

Personally, Benjamin lends his time and talents to several community endeavors including The Oregon Children’s Theater, where he was a board member, as well as the Central Eastside Industrial Council.

Kevin Litle

Licensed Property Manager

Kevin Litle brings extensive property management experience to the Robert Ball Companies team. He is a principal with Pearl Property Management and manages all tenant and client services. Kevin took over the operation of Robert Ball’s Portland property management company in 1995 and was responsible for management of all company properties. He has also been an integral part of the Robert Ball Companies development team as a key operations manager, financial analyst and controller. Kevin has an in-depth knowledge of homeowner associations and a working relationship with Portland’s most established association management companies. As a member of the Pearl Property Mangement team, Kevin has an extensive knowledge of the unique rental market in the Pearl and downtown neighborhoods providing a proximity to clients and tenants that other management companies cannot offer. In his spare time, Kevin enjoys attending concerts, collecting music, running, and is an avid pro tennis and college basketball fan.

Josh Silva

Investment and Management Associate

Josh began his career in Real Estate working as the executive assistant to the owner of an investment firm which specialized in acquiring and managing multi-family products across multiple states. He then joined a commercial brokerage and performed research and marketing for top- performing brokers and gained a thorough understanding of the Portland commercial real estate market, the listing and offering process, retail leases, closings, and general brokerage operations.

After several years in the retail and Commerical areas, Josh identified luxury multifamily development as the area where he wanted to focus his attention and started working at Robert Ball Companies. He started as the manager of a luxury project learning all aspects of property operations, maintenance, tenant relations, retail and residential leasing, and loan administration. He then began to support the CEO in a number of roles and today Josh is a Development Associate and head of creative services.

In our development division, Josh is responsible for market research, financial modeling, sales & marketing, property management, and other office operations.

Grant Jones

Licensed Real Estate Agent

Grant Jones began his real estate career as a sales assistant at The Wyatt, a 245 unit condominium development of the Robert Ball Companies team. Grant obtained his license to sell real estate in Oregon and joined Pearl Property Management. Grant helped grow the company to a highly successful, full service property management company for owners of condominium units. During the Great Recession, Grant helped position the company to help struggling owners rent their properties, allowing those owners greater financial freedom. Grant has exceptional knowledge of sales and rental inventory in the downtown core markets and continues to make Pearl Property management a market success. He currently serves on the advisory Board of the Rosemary Anderson School for expelled and at-risk students. He also enjoys architecture, golfing, and has a passion for automobiles.