JLL adds retail expertise in San Francisco Bay area

San Francisco--JLL announced that it has expanded its retail brokerage practice in Northern California with the addition of Jamie Kendall as VP. Kendall will be based in the firm’s San Francisco office, and will partner with the firm’s existing retail, agency leasing and investment sales teams to help maximize the value of retail assets for JLL’s growing client base in downtown San Francisco.

Kendall will have a broad leasing focus, spanning shopping malls to street-level space in trophy office buildings.



“The continued growth we’ve witnessed in the Bay Area’s office and residential sectors have given rise to tremendous opportunities for property owners to feed the need for expanded retail amenities of all types from high-end luxury goods to specialty shops, national and regional grocery chains, and franchises to locally sourced artisanal products,” said Elizabeth Hearle, Pacific Northwest Market Director for JLL.



“By expanding our retail practice with the addition of Jamie, we are better able to provide our clients with the knowledge, resources and transactional capabilities to fully leverage retail opportunities within theirSan Francisco portfolios.”



Jamie Kendall spent the last six years as a leasing executive at Vornado Realty Trust in New York, where she worked with retailers including Coach, TopShop, M.A.C. Cosmetics,U.S. Polo Association, Sunglass Hut and others as well as restaurants such as Planet Hollywood, Cake Boss Cafe and Buca Di Beppo.