Providing Solutions For Your Complex Real Estate Issues ARES is a real estate advisory firm composed of professionals with advanced degrees and senior officer experience with industry leading retailers, owners, and developers. When it comes to retail real estate, ARES high level of expertise and skill exceeds that of other firms. ARES advises and executes retail real estate: portfolio optimization, lease management, growth strategies, best practices, change management, and merger support. ARES creates value and leverage others have missed, reduces occupancy costs, stabilizes portfolios, facilitates change, and optimizes store networks.