Landlords & Developers

Having leased or sold 160,000,000+ square feet of retail space last year means, quite simply, you get what you want: that is, the best national retailers, local and regional retail favorites, the best attainable terms, and the right mix of tenants. ChainLinks has helped landlords, developers, and asset managers lease and merchandise many of America's most well-known retail projects and create and/or maximize tens of billions of dollars in value for our clients.

Our 600+ brokers operating out of 60+ offices nationwide represent the best-known retailers, both locally and nationally. As a result of these relationships, we know retail branding from experience, not theory. In addition, we know exactly what these retailers demand in successful retail locations. We have decades of matching retailers with landlords, which is one reason that ChainLinks has experienced steady, thoughtful growth every year since its inception 30 years ago

Whether it’s a free-standing unit or a virtual city under one roof, ChainLinks has the retail relationships and community connections to achieve the highest possible occupancy rate and create the highest amount of value for our clients. Long-term success is our goal and follow-through our modus operandi. Services include market analysis, project leasing, tenant and merchandising mix strategy, negotiations, closings, and repositioning plans. You name it, we do it – and do it well. In 2007 alone, ChainLinks completed over 3,000 transactions, totaling over 40,000,000 s.f. on behalf of some of America’s most well-known landlords.

Development/Re-development Services:

We’ve been helping our clients convert land into revenue-producing property since 1979, which we do through a variety of means such as land assemblage and acquisition, project pro-forma analysis, market value analysis, and broker opinion values, as well as site annexation and zoning representation. Through this involvement in the most high-profile redevelopment projects in North America, ChainLinks has added tens of billions of dollars in value for our clients.

Asset Management Services:

We’ll make sure your asset remains an asset by screening for and retaining the best tenants, recommending the necessary capital improvements, offering preventative maintenance, and providing timely and accurate financial reports. We’ll also communicate with you in whatever format and intervals you require.

Research and Related Services:

ChainLinks member companies have invested heavily in state-of-the-art technology. Combined with our industry relationships and local market knowledge developed over decades of involvement in the retail industry, this investment provides ChainLinks with the unique ability to produce fast, accurate, and easily understandable reports and maps to meet the needs of our clients. Such reports would include, but not be limited to, trends in demographics, housing, and employment; trade area and drive-time analysis; competition studies; high-resolution aerial photography and digital mapping; marketing materials; and electronic presentations. As a result, our clients are able to delve as deeply as they need into any subject related to their market strategy, and can compare and contrast markets across three continents.

Investment Sales and Advisory Services:

Our vast retail organization is a comprehensive pipeline of property listings and investors. The unparalleled relationships that ChainLinks member companies maintain with buyers and sellers ensure that our clients obtain the best possible transaction terms in the time frame most suitable to their needs. Our services include state-of-the-art financial modeling, comprehensive due diligence support, property sales and disposition, thorough market and property valuations, evaluation of capital strategies and lending options, first-class, high-quality marketing materials with sophisticated electronic distribution, and closing assistance. In addition, ChainLinks offices know how to support these clients after the sale, offering leasing and management services to continue to add value long term to these clients’ assets.