Where We Buy: Retail Real Estate with James Cook

Area 15 is a retail and entertainment venue under construction not far from the Las Vegas Strip.  The aesthetic of the project is like Blade Runner crossed with Burning Man and Mad Max.  It will be anchored by a 40,000 square-foot immersive art installation created by Meow Wolf.  

Meow Wolf made a name for itself in Santa Fe with its House of Eternal Return, which was built with partial funding from Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin. 

Spaces in Area 15 will be leased to retailers, brands, VR experiences, escape rooms, artists, and local food operators.

Listen in as the research team visits the Area 15 construction site and then interviews Winston Fisher of Fisher Brothers, developer of Area 15, Michael Beneville of Beneville Studios, and Vince Kadlubek of Meow Wolf.

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James Cook is the director of retail research in the Americas for JLL.

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Retail is always churning. Some stores close and others open to take their place. James Cook talks about what causes retail churn. This episode was recorded live from the stage at Retail University, a JLL training event.

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James Cook is the director of retail research in the Americas for JLL.

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James meets up with Joe Brady, who leads real estate at Walgreens, the largest drug store chain in the U.S. As they tour a popular Walgreens stroe on the Las Vegas strip, Joe talks real estate strategy as well as how Walgreens Boots Alliance is changing its offer to keep in step with customers.

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James Cook is the director of retail research in the Americas for JLL.

Theme music is Run in the Night by The Good Lawdz, under Creative Commons license.

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Mike Jordan, Retail Research Manager at ShopCore Properties, joins James Cook for a stroll through the French Market in the New Orleans French Quarter.  It's the oldest market in the country. It was a Native American trading post before Europeans ever set foot on the continent. Mike and James explore how the city's history is told in the way things are bought and sold.

James will be speaking on June 17, 2018 at the University of Oregon in Portland. This ULI event is called The Changing Nature of Urban Retail. Get your tickets here.

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James Cook is the director of retail research in the Americas for JLL.

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James Cook meets up with Silicon Valley researcher Christan Basconcillo to get a sense of the role that retail plays in this global tech hub.  They take a stroll along the streets of Santana Row, San Jose's 42-acre mixed-use village with Jeff Kreshek and Collette Navarrette of Federal Realty. Collette relates the role that architecture and place-making have played in the 16-year history of the project. Jeff explains how selective they've had to be in curating a mix of retailers that remains attractive to the savvy Bay Area shopper.

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James Cook is the director of retail research in the Americas for JLL.

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Cafe X is a San Francisco startup that's betting that you'll want to buy coffee drinks made by a robot.  They've got three locations in the city. James Cook, Susan Persin and Starr Moss visited two of them. They talked with Henry Hu, Cafe X founder and CEO and Sam Blum, Cafe X Community Manager.

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James Cook is the director of retail research in the Americas for JLL.

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James Cook and Taylor Coyne set out to learn about the state of retail in Downtown Atlanta. Coleman Morris gives the scoop on ambitious developments underway. Gillam Campbell leads a road trip through time to show what happened in the city's past that made it what it is today.

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James Cook is the director of retail research in the Americas for JLL.

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Retailers that you've never heard of are clamoring to sell you things.  But they need help.

James talks with David Zoba about HiO, a curated pop-up collection of foreign brands. HiO is currently running six European brands in Simon Properties' The Edit space at Roosevelt Field Mall on Long Island with brands like Campo Marzio and Parfois.

CNBC reporter Lauren Thomas talks about an article she wrote about Appear Here, a group that lets retailers lease urban retail space by the day. 

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James Cook is the director of retail research in the Americas for JLL.

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Rick Spector was a part of the team that opened The Eatery in January. The food hall takes up 10,000 square feet on the ground floor of One Metropolitan Square in downtown St. Louis. Three dining options are open and one more is on the way. Rick talks about the difficulties of putting multiple restaurants in an office building and the importance of getting the right mix of food types. 

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James Cook is the director of retail research in the Americas for JLL.

Theme music is Run in the Night by The Good Lawdz, under Creative Commons license.

Fan Bi, CEO of Blank Label, a retailer of custom suits and shirts, says that when he started selling clothing online he had no intention of opening physical stores.  Now, the retailer has showrooms in six cities with plans for more. James Cook talks with Fan about what propelled that transformation.  Then, James and Taylor Coyne visit the Atlanta location of Blank Label, where Corey Hackett shows how he fits his clients for a custom suit.

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James Cook is the director of retail research in the Americas for JLL.

Theme music is Run in the Night by The Good Lawdz, under Creative Commons license.