Welcome to Cushman & Wakefield, San Francisco
Industry veterans Pamela Mendelsohn and Vikki Johnson have joined Cushman & Wakefield San Francisco in the Retail Services Group as Senior Managing Directors. The team’s addition solidifies the firm’s retail service offering as the most dominant in the industry.
“We are very pleased to have two retail industry leaders, Pamela Mendelsohn and Vikki Johnson, join our team in San Francisco. Adding professionals of Pamela and Vikki’s caliber is further evidence of the firm’s commitment to a robust global retail platform and rounds out the best luxury leasing group in San Francisco.”
Mike Kamm, Managing Principal – Northwest Region
Leading Retail Brokers
Both professionals are widely regarded as two of the leading retail commercial real estate brokers with an exceptional background of going the extra mile for their clients. Morgan, Johnson and Mendelsohn have a long history of collaboration and have worked on numerous high profile transactions together in the past.
San Francisco’s Union Square: Among the world’s top high fashion retail destinations
“Pamela is consistently sought after by some of the world’s most renowned designers and emerging brands for her guidance in their entry into the marketplace, including Union Square, Jackson Square, and other high-profile retail corridors. The depth of Vikki’s experience is virtually unrivaled. Her level of tenacity, passion and perseverance in negotiating large-scale deals, enhanced by her development background, is legendary.”
Kazuko Morgan, Vice Chairman – Retail Services
Landlords; Developers
Ms. Mendelsohn is a recognized expert in specialty retail merchandising for landlords and developers of premier regional centers, vertical mixed-use projects and high-street retail in distinctive and urban settings.
She has created a specialty niche in urban neighborhood revitalization, playing a significant part in the creation of the retail topography of San Francisco’s revered neighborhoods, including the Fillmore Street corridor, Hayes Valley, Valencia/Mission District, NOPA, Union and Chestnut Streets, Sacramento Street, and most recently, the renaissance of the Jackson Square district.
“We are thrilled to join Cushman & Wakefield and impressed by the firm’s global real estate platform, which is represented in all the cities that matter. That is an important statement for us because we feel that Cushman & Wakefield is a real estate company that is truly focused on retail.”
Pamela Mendelsohn, Senior Managing Director
Tesla to Tosca
Ms. Mendelsohn is responsible for the placement of an eclectic and successful group of restaurants including State Bird Provisions, Nico, Monsieur Benjamin, Boulevard, Lord Stanley and Tosca, as well as respected retailers such as Acne Studios, Isabel Marant, Alexander McQueen, Brunello Cucinelli, Kiton, Shreve & Co., Oscar de la Renta, Shinola, Reformation and Tesla.
“I enjoy working with edgy tenants who add intrinsic value to the neighborhoods. I’ve been in the business a long time and have a pulse on what merchants want, as well as a deep and instinctive understanding of the retailers’ point of view, which blends well with my experience,having also represented the landlord’s side,”
Vikki Johnson, Senior Managing Director
Johnson’s transaction history includes national haute couture flagships for retailers such as Barneys NY, Prada, Neiman Marcus, Tiffany, Christian Dior, LVMH, the first west coast H&M, J Crew, and Bulgari.
From Urban to Lifestyle Centers
Ms. Johnson specializes in pre-development consulting and leasing in the representation of landlords and developers of urban retail projects, lifestyle centers, and high street markets. In 1997, Vikki founded Johnson Hoke Ltd., a real estate team recognized as one of the most successful groups of professionals in their niche market of urban specialty retail.
Vikki’s transaction history includes national flagships for retailers such as Barneys NY, Prada, Neiman Marcus, Tiffany, Christian Dior, LVMH, the first west coast H&M, J Crew, and Bulgari, among many others.
“I have enormous respect for Cushman & Wakefield management and how supportive they are of their retail professionals,” Ms. Johnson added. “They are not only a dominant San Francisco team, but also have great depth and veteran brokers in the other major markets such as New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.”
Nationally, Cushman & Wakefield’s Retail Group is the industry’s leader and was named #1 this month by The Real Deal, based on total square footage leased in 2015.
San Francisco & Los Angeles
Gene Spiegelman, Vice Chairman and Head of North America Retail Services, said: “Pamela and Vikki’s knowledge of the San Francisco and Los Angeles retail markets, in conjunction with their established relationships within the retail community, provides a solid foundation to leverage our collective relationships, and depth of capabilities, to service our clients even better.
“Amongst the most experienced retail professionals in the industry, Vikki and Pamela have an enviable record of collaboration around some of the most high profile transactions. We are delighted to welcome Pamela and Vikki to the firm as we continue with our success at Cushan & Wakefield into 2016 and beyond.”
Gene Spiegelman – Vice Chairman, Head of N. American Retail Services
The Real Deal
Nationally, Cushman & Wakefield’s Retail Group is the industry’s leader and was named #1 this month by The Real Deal, based on total square footage leased in 2015. In Northern California, Cushman & Wakefield is also the leader and dominates the field with experienced retail professionals that deliver the highest level of services across the market place in agency leasing, tenant representation and investment sales, covering a wide range of nationally and globally recognized retailers and property owners.
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