CHICAGO—The 2015 ICSC RECON event brought around 35,000 retail brokers, developers, tenants and exhibitors to Las Vegas last week to discuss industry trends and make deals. GlobeSt.com spoke with Margaret Caldwell, a managing director in Chicago-based JLL's capital markets group on what was learned and how JLL is advising its clients in the coming year including why retail owners should include international capital JVs in their strategy.
Are there any new, innovative methods for expansion you are advocating right now?
By partnering with an international capital source, a US-based owner can efficiently monetize a portion of their real estate holdings without undertaking a sale. Raising cash to fund acquisitions or exchanging a position in a new partner's holdings are two great ways to grow the portfolio, leverage an existing operating platform, access new markets and diversify risk.
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Brian J. Rogal
Brian J. Rogal is a Chicago-based freelance writer with years of experience as an investigative reporter and editor, most notably at The Chicago Reporter, where he concentrated on housing issues. He also has written extensively on alternative energy and the payments card industry for national trade publications.
