Retail Veterans Joshua Strauss and Scott Zinovoy Join JLL
Why this matters
Retail has become a quiet outperformer. A decade of effectively zero new development has left necessity-driven, grocery-anchored, and Sun Belt strip product with negligible vacancy and re-leasing spreads in the high single digits. Cap rates have compressed in step, and the bid for stabilized portfolios is again broad across REITs, pension funds, and institutional core-plus capital. The asset class has effectively rerated as a defensive yield trade rather than a secularly challenged sector.
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- Disclosed retail deal value tracked in July 2026: $2.8B across 83 reported transactions. All Retail coverage →
- 190 stories mentioning JLL on the wire in the past 90 days. JLL coverage →
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There are some new recruits at JLL , the brokerage firm announced Monday. Joshua Strauss and Scott Zinovoy , who co-founded retail and entertainment real estate firm Dreamscape , have joined JLL as executive managing…
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