Robert is not only a Top Producer but is now the #1 Top Residential Agent with Re/Max Real Estate and winner of the Re/Max Diamond Club award-reserved for only the Top Producers in their field. As the grandson of J.C McLeod it's sure easy to understand why Robert is a true entrepreneur! With a background in commodity trading and Divisional Director of Marketing for a Fortune 500 company Robert's skills as a trained leader lead him to further become the General Manager for one of the world's leaders in International Forest Products Commodity sales, managing operations worldwide, you can rest assured there isn't a negotiation he hasn't tackled. Robert developed and marketed new brands of timber products and landed exclusive marketing and supply contracts with the US Pentagon Renovations after 9/11, the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library, a 20 year contract supplying all the major expansions at the Dubai International Airport, and a list of other world renowned new construction projects.
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Robert's experiences in real estate run deep, from fast paced residential sales, commercial negotiations, to a highly sought after expertise in multi-family apartment condominiumization & project marketing. One of only a select few Realtors with said experience he stands as an expert in his field. Real Estate is a demanding field, off hours you'll see Robert participating in many local and national marathons. "Staying fit adds a crucial balance to this demanding career". Robert also runs one of Western Canada's most highly respected project marketing firms, Robert F. McLeod Project Marketing which encompasses most of Robert's time. From managing the sales of a few units to a few hundred, Robert's firm has all the necessary staff, municipal and regulatory planners, media and marketing staff to roll out almost any project of any size.
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Robert has a very interesting background! Robert's Great Great Uncle was Captain Harry Coleburn with the Canadian Infantry Brigade. Back on August 24th 1914, Captain Colburn, a veterinarian with the Canadian Military, purchased an orphaned black bear cub for $20.00 in White River in Northern Ontario while taking the train from Winnipeg to Valcartier, Quebec before heading overseas for World War I. The lieutenant and the little bear formed an instant though unlikely, friendship adjusting together at an army life in Valcartier. The cub soon became a general favorite and when it came to ship out to England, Coleburn was allowed to take the cub with him. While being kept at the London Zoo the bear cub soon became the favorite of a regular visitor Christopher Robin Milne, son of A.A Milne and the story of Winnie the Pooh begun.
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Robert is also a member of:
- The Realtors Association of Edmonton both Licensed Residential and Commercial Divisions.
- The Alberta Real Estate Association AREA
- The Canadian Real Estate Association CREA
- The Construction Specifications Institute, CSI is an organization which advances the process of creating and sustaining the built environment. By using the diversity and expertise of its members to develop and exchange knowledge, the Institute seeks to be recognized worldwide as the indispensable resource for information on improving that process, this is CSI's vision for the future.
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