McNellis Partners
McNellis: Resuscitation Hardware
By John McNellis I shorted a stock once. As a Kmart landlord 20 years ago, I saw firsthand how badly that discounter was...
McNellis on AI: Time to Brace Yourself
By John McNellis When ChatGPT hit the street in late 2022, a close friend began amusing himself—and occasionally, me—by having it rewrite my...
The Econic Co., John Cumbelich & Assoc. & The Edwards Co. Form Northern California Retail Partnership
Creation of unparalleled retail ecosystem and team of retail experts spans San Francisco Bay Area to Sacramento Central Valley and Monterey Peninsula San...
McNellis: A Vaccine for Retail?
By John McNellis Retail has the virus. Just as with people, different retailers are reacting to this infection very differently. Ailing merchants with...
McNellis: Plagued Retail and the View from the Trenches
By John McNellis “I have two options that are non-negotiable. I’m going bankrupt (chapter 7). COVID happened, and I cannot survive. I’d rather...
McNellis: The Post-Plague Office
Real Estate in the Plague Year By John McNellis Last week, Mark Zuckerberg said he believes that half of Facebook’s employees will be...
McNellis: Death of the Elevator
By John McNellis Real Estate in the Plague Year Without the elevator…there could be no downtown skyscrapers or residential high-rises, and city life...
McNellis: Working the Recession
By John McNellis Recession: a period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced, generally identified by a fall...
McNellis: Solving our Housing Crisis One Garage at a Time
By John McNellis To shelter-in-office (yes, mostly alone), I now walk through a couple miles’ worth of pleasant, leafy neighborhoods in Atherton, Menlo...
McNellis: Our Retail Marshall Plan
By John McNellis Because we’ve been in the neighborhood shopping center business for decades, not only our tenants but also our competitors have...
McNellis: Your Real Estate Empire-Build it or Buy it?
By John McNellis What’s your strategy in allocating capital between buying finished projects and doing development deals, what percentage of each do you...
McNellis: Understating Your Net Worth
By John McNellis If you’re in real estate, if you’re developing or simply investing in property, you’re in the business of borrowing money....
