JLL Bolsters Retail Research Arm
By
James Cook of JLL
NDIANAPOLIS—JLL recently decided to bolster both its retail brokerage and property management services by acquiring the Los Angeles-based Wilson Retail Groupand San Francisco-based Shelter Bay. And now it has decided to boost its retail research platform by bringing onJames Cook as the Americas director of retail research. In his new role, the Indianapolis-based Cook will work closely with the firm’s hundreds of retail experts on data collection that will broaden its leasing and investment market analysis.
“Consumer behavior has long been studied, but consumers are changing so rapidly now that the research studies we conduct and the types of pieces we produce need to continually evolve as well,” Cook tells GlobeSt.com…
JLL Bolsters Retail Research Arm
