HeyJaredWhere We Buy: Retail Real Estate with James Cook
James Cook and his fellow retail researchers visit shopping destinations around the world, interview retail and real estate executives and discuss market research in a fast-paced and fun setting. James researches retail and real estate for JLL.
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MartinPatrick 3 Is One of the Best Stores in the Country - Where We Buy #400 (opens the original)
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Anne Mezzenga is Founder and CEO of Retail Field Report, a video-first platform exploring what's really happening on the ground floor of retail. James Cook joins Anne at MartinPatrick 3, her favorite store in Minneapolis and one of The New York Times' top 25 places to shop for apparel in the United States. Store Manager Hoss Al-Gassid leads a tour of the 30,000 square foot North Loop destination, covering its origins as an interior design firm, its hospitality-driven approach to customer service
Twin Cities Retail from the Drive-Through Lane - Where We Buy #399 (opens the original)
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Jeremy Grittner and Zac Hoang with JLL work with the local 7 Brew franchisee opening new locations across the Minneapolis region. Recorded from a car in the drive-through of the brand's first metro location in Vadnais Heights, they explain why 7 Brew sees a void in a market dominated by Starbucks and Caribou Coffee, what the brand needs from a site, and why drive-through real estate is so hard to come by in Minnesota. They also break down the metro's retail geography, from the Minneapolis and St
Why Dallas-Fort Worth Is Building More Retail Than Anywhere Else - Where We Buy #398 (opens the original)
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Dallas-Fort Worth is the national leader in retail real estate construction, with retail development there running nearly 40% higher than the next closest US market and roughly seven million square feet in the pipeline. On this episode, three guests will explain what is driving it. Kenton McKeehan, President and Chief Investment Officer at Big V Property Group, and Mike Jordan, Director of Research, discuss their new open air retail development in Anna, Texas. Rob Franks, Managing Director at JL
The AI Drive-Through That Trains Itself - Where We Buy #397 (opens the original)
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Koen Schmitz is Chief Commercial Officer at Vox AI, an Amsterdam-based voice AI company building drive-through and phone ordering agents for quick-service restaurants. Schmitz explains why most AI drive-through failures come down to implementation, and how Vox AI trains a separate model for each individual restaurant location to handle dialects, product slang, and background noise. He also covers response latency, the handoff between AI and human operators, staff reaction in real restaurants, an
Retail Repositioning with The Ardent Companies - Where We Buy #396 (opens the original)
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Jay Douglas is Managing Director of Development at The Ardent Companies, a privately held real estate firm focused on opportunistic and diversified investment strategies, where he leads the mixed use and retail portfolio. Jay talks about projects including Westside Bottling in Durham, the Seminole Towne Center repositioning in Sanford anchored by a new Costco, and a small food and beverage development in Largo anchored by Foxtail Coffee Co. He also covers grocery anchored lifestyle centers, plac
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