Where We Buy: Retail Real Estate with James Cook
jamesd.cook@am.jll.com
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Booking Overview
Metrics
Episodes: 100
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
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jamesd.cook@am.jll.com
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Host
James Cook - Director of Retail Research in the Americas for JLL. Leads retail research coverage used to inform where retailers/brands should locate and how retail destinations evolve; frequently interviews ind...
Keisha Virtue - Retail Research Manager in the Americas for JLL. Collaborates on retail research content and joins episodes for conference wrap-ups and market trend discussions with JLL leadership and partners.
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Recent Guest Discussions
Whitney Robinette - Prime Urban Retail Portfolios And Street-level Location Strategy; How Luxury Brands Target Unexpected Neighborhoods; Tenant-relationship-driven Retail Investment.
Austin Mayer - Designing Real-world Brand Experiences; Retail Spaces And Temporary Activations; Immersive Installations; Measuring Success And Timing; Examples Including Projects For Nike, Coinbase, Taco Bell, And Betmgm.
Zack Teachout - Designing Real-world Brand Experiences; Retail Spaces And Temporary Activations; Immersive Installations; Measuring Success And Timing; Examples Including Projects For Nike, Coinbase, Taco Bell, And Betmgm.
Naveen Jaggi - Retail Leasing Trends And The Resurgence Of Class B/c Malls; Consumer Pressure; Value/discount Retailers; Entertainment Concepts In Retail; Global Retail Comparisons.
Recent Topics
Episodes
The Editor's Top Five Trends Worth Tracking - Where We Buy #387
June 12, 2026
Amanda Metcalf is Editor-in-Chief at Commerce + Communities Today at ICSC. Her job is to stay on top of everything new and noteworthy in the world of retail real estate. Amanda shares the top five trends she is tracking, including stadium districts, medical uses at malls, nostalgia-driven retail, the evolution of specialty leasing and ancillary income, and why Chicago has become a go-to testing ground for new retail concepts. James Cook is the Director of Retail Research in the Americas for J...
The Streets Where Brands Want to Be - Where We Buy #386
June 05, 2026
L3 Capital has a simple thesis: location, location, location. They find the streets where people want to be and invest in them. James spoke with Whitney Robinette of L3 Capital about how her firm is building prime urban retail portfolios in neighborhoods like SoHo, Williamsburg, Gold Coast, and Fulton Market. They dig into what makes a great urban retail location, why luxury brands are heading to unexpected places, and how tenant relationships drive the entire strategy. James Cook is the Di...
Creating Real-World Experiences for Nike, Coinbase, and Taco Bell - Where We Buy #385
May 29, 2026
Zack Teachout and Austin Mayer are with Hovercraft, a creative design practice that builds brand experiences for clients like Nike, Coinbase, Taco Bell, and BetMGM. They explain what it takes to get people away from their screens and into the real world. They share how Hovercraft designs retail spaces, temporary activations, and immersive installations that blend physical environments with technology. The conversation covers standout projects including a robotic basketball experience for Coin...
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