MILL VALLEY, CALIF. — JLL has agreed to acquire Shelter Bay Retail Group, a retail property management firm based in Mill Valley, for an undisclosed sum. Shelter Bay manages 74 urban and suburban, open-air shopping centers throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose/South Bay, central and southern California and Arizona.
The acquisition is expected to close later this month, subject to customary closing conditions. The properties’ management teams will remain intact to ensure a seamless transition when the deal closes. Shelter Bay’s team of 30 experts will join JLL at closing.
Stephen Robertson, chairman of Shelter Bay, will join JLL as director of retail business development, West Coast, while Sondra Van Metre, president and CEO, will join as director of retail property management, West Coast. The two will lead the combined organization’s West Coast retail property management operations.