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How Retail Buyers' Needs Are Shifting

Investors are now looking for sustainable income backed by brands and tenants exhibiting business models that are complementary to e-commerce, versus in the direct path of e-commerce, SRS's Greg Cline tells GlobeSt.com.

By Carrie Rossenfeld | Updated on November 15, 2017

Greg Cline Cline: “[Buyers are] rightfully scrutinizing tenants’ credit, brand and concepts more closely than before.”NEWPORT BEACH, CA—Investors are now looking for sustainable income backed by brands and tenants exhibiting business models that are complementary to e-commerce, versus in the direct path of e-commerce, SRS Real Estate Partners‘ Greg Cline tells GlobeSt.com. Cline recently joined the firm as VP in the National Net Lease Group’s Newport Beach office.

Cline has more than 40 years of experience in commercial real estate, at companies including CBRE. In his new role, he will focus on buyer representation and 1031 exchanges and launch a national buyer representation practice within the NNLG. Since the NNLG has historically focused mostly on seller representation, Cline will aim to strengthen the firm’s buyer services and connect buyers to the national inventory that SRS represents.

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