LONGTIME CORPORATE REAL ESTATE EXECUTIVE JILL-ANN PAINTER JOINS SABRE REAL ESTATE GROUP AS NATIONAL ACCOUNTS DIRECTOR TO ENHANCE NATIONAL CONSULTING PLATFORM
Jayson Siano, Managing Principal of Sabre Real Estate Group, the New York metropolitan region brokerage, announced that Jill-ann Painter, an experienced corporate real estate executive who has worked for some of the nation’s top restaurant and retail chains, has joined the firm as Director of National Accounts. Jill-ann will focus her talents on increasing the already robust National Consulting Platform at SABRE.
SABRE offers all levels of real estate consulting for companies of all shapes and sizes. These services range from simply acting as an extension of the in house real estate department for companies through taking on the complete responsibility of an outsourced real estate department to help cost savings.
Painter, whose 24-year career in retail real estate included stints at Sprint, Cosi, Starbucks Coffee, Church’s Chicken, Protein Bar and Chop’t Creative Salad, has been involved in site selection across the United States and in more than 30 countries, including France, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia. “I’ve seen it all from a retailing perspective,” she said.
Siano said that Painter, will assist SABRE in attracting new national clients as well as working to rollout new locations for SABRE’s existing national accounts portfolio.
“I’ve known and worked with Jill-ann Painter for 15 years in different capacities and I am pleased that she is bringing her talents to SABRE,“ said Siano. “in addition to her extensive deal-making experience, she brings to the table in-depth knowledge of strategy and analysis as well as internal processes development. Companies are outsourcing their real estate needs now more than ever in order to streamline their process and save money along the way.”
Painter said she hopes to bring the strategy and site selection process that SABRE utilizes for it clients to a higher level through the use of research and analysis, particularly in determining priority trade areas and ultimately top opportunities within them. “This will allow us to better serve our clients and improve their performance at each specific location,” she said.