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JLL Announces Dedicated Retail Research Leader

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JLL has invested in the growth of its Retail brokerage and property management service offerings, most recently with the acquisition of the Wilson Group in Los Angeles and Shelter Bay in San Francisco. Now it’s building its retail research platform with the addition of James Cook as the Americas Director of Retail Research. In his new role, Cook will work closely with the firm’s retail experts on data collection that will… Read More

JLL Adds Major Capital Markets Players in New England; Boosts Retail Investment Sales Practice

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JLL today announced the firm has made a strategic move to establish a dominant full-service Capital Markets platform in New England.  The firm has hired industry veterans Chris Angelone and Bill Moylan as Managing Directors and Nat Heald as an Executive Vice President to bolster the firm’s Capital Markets services in the region.  Angelone will co-lead JLL’s New England Capital Markets platform with… Read More

TIAA-CREF Names JLL Property Management Firm of the Year

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The Forum Carlsbad, Second Four Diamond Award Winner

The Forum Carlsbad, Second Four Diamond Award Winner

TIAA-CREF has bestowed JLL with its highly coveted Property Management Firm of the Year award for its performance in 2014. The financial services firm notes that the 2014 Property Management Firm of the… Read More

Retail Tops E-Tail for Back-to-School Shopping

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The “dog days” of summer may be upon us, but retailers are stocking shelves in anticipation of the upcoming rush of back-to-school shoppers. While one quarter of shoppers began loading their carts with pens, notebooks and new outfits as early July, the majority (65 percent) will start shopping in tBTS Imagehe… Read More

Retail Heavy Hitter David Zoba Joins JLL as Global Retail Leasing Board Chairman

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DavidZoba02 baybridgeJLL’s retail leadership has been vocal about the company’s intent to serve as a global industry leader in retail real estate services. In the last 18 months, the firm has made strategic investments in top talent to expand its retailer representation business worldwide, and today marks another milestone. Industry heavyweight… Read More

Uptick in Restaurant Sector Spurs JLL’s Growth in San Francisco

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Ross WhiteSan Francisco has long laid claim to one of the biggest restaurant markets in the country, with nearly 40 eateries per 10,000 residents, far ahead of even New York City, according to the last census data. Surrounding markets add almost 6,000 restaurants to that total. But while there’s… Read More

Hungry Consumers Help Push Up Retail Sales in May

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s advanced monthly sales announcement yesterday, estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for May were $444.9 billion, an increase of 1.2 percent (±0.5%) from the previous month, and 2.7 percent (±0.9%) above May 2014. Total sales for the March 2015 through May 2015 period were up 2.1 percent (±0.7%) from the same period a year ago.

The census data also revealed that during the last five… Read More

How Drones and Dark Stores Could Change the Retail Supply Chain Landscape

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The omni-channel marathon is turning into a sprint to win the consumer over in the last mile – but that race is far from over. With the increase in mobile and online shopping, delivery wars have been set and with them, aggressive same-day deliveries that target 1-2 hour delivery windows. But it remains to be seen if consumers will pay extra for it. The heated competition among retailers large and small… Read More

REIT Interest in Grocery-Anchored Retail Continues

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SONY DSCOn behalf of CBL & Associates Properties, Inc., JLL’s Capital Markets experts today announced the sale of Eastgate Crossing Shopping Center. A joint venture of Inland Real Estate Corporation purchased the center. The nearly 175,000-square-foot property is 100 percent occupied by anchors Kroger, Marshalls, Ashley Furniture and Jo-Ann Fabrics.

“Grocery-anchored shopping… Read More