McNellis Partners
McNellis: Could California Flame Out?
By John McNellis The phone rang early yesterday. “Well, our center’s still standing,” my partner said. “Whoa.” “The fire’s only a couple blocks...
Reading the Tea Leaves of Retail
Retail is a process of reconstruction, but some key aspects of the industry remain John McNellis helps manage McNellis Partners out of a...
Screwed: Brokers Tell-All; A John McNellis Column
“Business is the polar opposite of a high school dance—you can always find someone to screw you.” By John McNellis “Dear John: I...
McNellis: Many Happier Returns
Solving E-Commerce’s Challenge to Traditional Retail Comes in Small Packages By John McNellis Before the Wall Street Journal pontificates again about retail’s demise,...
McNellis: Does WeWork at All?
Company discloses $1 billion losses in bond offering By John McNellis Wall Street’s biggest houses just hawked $702 million in junk bonds for...
McNellis: Seeing the Forest for the Trees
By John McNellis If you are an entrepreneur, you are an optimist. You have to be. And, Pollyanna aside, it is no simple...
McNellis: Is the 1031 Exchange Panacea or Placebo?
By John McNellis Upon selling a supermarket last week, we deposited our proceeds into a 1031 exchange account. Call this maneuver the triumph...
McNellis: The Hell of Regulatory Interpretation
By John McNellis One truth that bears learning is this: News is very seldom as good—or as bad—as it first appears. Even when...
McNellis: Housing Crisis Band-Aids
By John McNellis [dropcap]G[/dropcap]overnor Jerry Brown just signed fifteen affordable-housing bills into law. A few might do a little good. Two senate bills...
McNellis: Leaving Retail
By John McNellis [dropcap]I[/dropcap] received an invitation to attend a cocktail party in Los Angeles at next week’s International Council of Shopping Center (ICSC)...
McNellis: Hollowing out the Museum
By John McNellis “A full-fledged housing crisis has gripped California…” New York Times 17 July 2017 [dropcap]Y[/dropcap]es, our housing crisis is so critical...
McNellis: Over-Storing America
By John McNellis “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves…” Julius Caesar [dropcap]A[/dropcap]s it happens, Shakespeare was writing...
