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JLL grows West Coast retail development practice

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Greg Whitney joins team as Senior Vice President

JLL today announced the addition of Greg Whitney to its West Coast Retail Development team as Senior Vice President of Retail Development. Whitney will be responsible for identifying development opportunities within the West Coast region, implementing ground-up and redevelopment strategies, and overseeing the successful completion… Read More

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Retail Sales Update

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After a tepid start to the year, consumer spending appears to be back in full-swing as shown by today’s retail sales numbers. June saw a 0.5% month-over-month increase and a, more importantly, 6.6% year-on-year increase over June 2017. Home purchases have seen a significant bump driven by lower… Read More

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JLL Grows West Coast Leasing Practice

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Lauren Stilley joins team as VP of National Retail Leasing – reflecting the firm’s commitment to growing its retail property management and brokerage platform.

JLL announced the addition of Lauren Stilley to its West Coast retail team as Vice President of National Retail Leasing. Stilley will work across the Hawaii and California markets in her new role.… Read More

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E-commerce sales tax ruling: a boon to brick and mortar retail?

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The highest court in the U.S. has leveled the playing field for e-commerce companies and retail landlords snared in a tug-of-war for consumers.

The Supreme Court ruled last week that state governments have the authority to collect billions of dollars in new sales tax from online retailers… Read More

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JLL expects retail investment sales activity to pick-up in back-half of 2018

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With Congress’ recent passing of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, growth domestic product (GDP) growth in 2018 is expected to exceed last year’s increases which bodes well for the retail sector. Overall commercial real estate transaction volumes have exceeded expectations, but investment into retail assets reached just $12.8 billion January to April 2018, according to JLL.

JLL recorded a 46 percent… Read More

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Categories: Americas Retail, Investment.

What shoppers want and how retailers can deliver

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New JLL and Big Red Rooster study creates benchmarks for in-store experiences and ranks the top retailers; Apple takes top spot

Creating brand affinity has always been a top priority for retailers, but now retailers need new ways to build shopper satisfaction in-store. What makes shoppers content from the moment they walk through the door all the way to their purchase? JLL and Big Red Rooster evaluated 100 stores and surveyed… Read More

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Help us win for 2018 RED People’s Choice Award

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More than Just Work: Matt Writt

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Matt Writt, VP, Retail Brokerage, is an army of one in Denver, Colorado. For Matt, life before JLL at his prior company was non collaborative, but JLL has been the opposite. Matt shares, “There’s cooperation across business lines and markets which have made a big difference in my success.” Having great support that allows him to focus on developing business and transactions was instrumental. He continues, “Beth Steeler (Denver), and the… Read More

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Craving insights? New trends in grocery

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Smaller and more focused stores

Smaller footprints have more opportunities in urban locations and in mixed use projects. Grocers like Aldi and Trader Joe’s benefit from the flexibility to take smaller spaces in vertically integrated projects. HyVee recently announced that while traditional-sized stores will still be rolled out, smaller… Read More

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