JLL Acquires Wilson Retail Group

by Nellie Day

LOS ANGELES — JLL has acquired Wilson Retail Group, a Los Angeles-based independent retail brokerage and capital markets firm, for an undisclosed sum. The merger will bring 16 Wilson associates to JLL. It will allow JLL to provide a broader range of brokerage and investment sales services to retailers and investors in a core urban gateway.

Chris Wilson will now serve as executive vice president, Southwest brokerage lead at JLL Retail; Scott Burns will serve as executive vice president, retail brokerage lead for JLL’s Los Angeles office; and Geoff Tranchina will serve as executive vice president of investment sales.

The new Wilson executive team will report to Peter Belisle, market director for JLL’s Southwest region. They will work closely with Naveen Jaggi, president of JLL’s Americas Retail Brokerage business.

JLL’s Retail Group is the largest third-party retail property manager in the United States. JLL’s retail portfolio has more than 500 centers totaling 69 million square feet under management. The portfolio includes regional malls, lifestyle centers, grocery-anchored centers, power centers, central business districts, transportation facilities and mixed-use projects.

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