McNellis Partners
McNellis: Bad Settlements Beat Good Lawsuits
By John McNellis This is a true story. A well-to-do investor—let’s call him Sam—owns a charming three-story brick office building in a city that...
Lessons from John McNellis: Navigating the Realities of Real Estate
John McNellis stood before the crowd, ready to share a lifetime of lessons from his storied career in real estate. With over four...
McNellis: How Remote Work Reshaped San Francisco’s Apartment Market
By John McNellis Rather than another dreary epistle about San Francisco, this is a tale about the only law of economics worth knowing....
McNellis: Empty Stores, Empty Logic – A Palo Alto Retail Vacancy Conundrum
By John McNellis Palo Alto’s city council is considering a “vacancy tax” on empty shop space in its downtown, penalizing owners stuck with...
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...
