San Diego

Honolulu

Hollywood

Kansas City

Los Angeles

St. Louis

Tempe

Salt Lake City

Boston

New York

Baltimore

Minneapolis

Chicago

Denver

San Jose

Mexico City

Tokyo

Budapest

Toronto

San Francisco

Lincoln

Miami

Project Experience

• Mixed-Use

• Retail

• Residential

• Hospitality

• Entertainment

• Creative Workspace

Jack Illes has over three decades of diverse real estate experience

encompassing mixed use, hospitality, retail, multifamily and creative office

properties, in roles ranging from strategy to planning to deal making.

Early project experience began with Horton Plaza in Jack’s hometown of

San Diego, continued with 1540 Broadway, one of the catalysts of the

renaissance of Times Square, and then master planning and the leasing of

the initial phase of the 25-year redevelopment of Prudential Center in

Boston. Jack has since been involved in the development of major

destination resorts, urban mixed-use city centers, and adaptive reuse

projects across North America and internationally, including Hollywood and

Highland, where Jack was directly responsible for securing the tenancy of

the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, considered the anchor for

the long awaited rebirth of Hollywood. International projects include

Toronto and Mexico City, as well as Tokyo, Japan, Frankfurt, Germany and

Budapest, Hungary.

Jack’s unique comprehensive approach begins with a detailed

understanding of market dynamics both locally and globally, and an

individualized project strategy that encompasses both long term planning

and hands-on implementation. Recent projects include redevelopment and

repositioning strategies for one of the largest and most famous hotels in

Manhattan, business development and retail strategies for the downtown

pedestrian district in Lincoln Nebraska, and the conceptualization and

master planning of the first major destination theme park resort in Florida in

25 years, where he has partnered with Twentieth Century Fox.

Jack is also on the Board of Directors of Antioch University Los Angeles,

where he is a member of the Executive Committee and the founder of the

Program Development Task Force.

About Jack Illes

Real estate development advisor with over three

decades of experience creating unique mixed use

urban real estate assets.

Established track record of creating unique mixed use

environments that incorporate retail, multifamily,

creative workspaces and hotels, restaurants and

hospitality components. A unique combination of

market experience and creativity.

Unique experience in Planning, Design, Development,

Leasing and Property Management, across virtually

every real estate product type.

Unique background

Planning

Design

Development

Leasing

Property Management

Experience

CN Tower

Toronto

Prudential Center

Boston

University Town

Center

La Jolla

West End City Center

Budapest, Hungary

World

Trade

Center

New York

Hollywood &

Highland

Hollywood

World Trade Center

Mexico City

1540 Broadway

Times Square

New York

Over 30 years

United States

Canada

Mexico

Japan

Hungary

Germany

Japan

The experience adds value

Sample Clients

Highgate Hotels New York, New York

Harrah’s Entertainment Las Vegas, Nevada

Woodbury Development Salt Lake City, Utah

San Diego Unified Port District, San Diego, California

DMB Associates Scottsdale, Arizona

The Queen Emma Foundation Honolulu, Hawaii

Camden Realty Trust, Houston, Texas

Capital Guidance Washington D.C.

Goldrich & Kest Los Angeles, California

Alexander & Baldwin Honolulu, Hawaii

Legacy Partners Newport Beach, California

City of Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska

Odebrecht Construction, Miami, Florida

CLIENTS

A well established reputation for the efficient creation

of new development strategies. From initial concept to

plan development, visual representations across a

variety of media, and on to initial design drawings and

marketing materials, unique multi-disciplinary

capabilities provide an easy path from concept to

presentation and approval, and on through project

completion and stabilization.

CAPABILITIES

Planning

Site Context and

Constraints

Conceptual Program

Site Planning Options

Market Positioning

Use and

Merchandising Plan

•World Trade Center, New York

•Kewalo Basin, Honolulu, Hawaii

•The Meadowlands Sportsplex, New Jersey

•Hollywood Argyle, Los Angeles

•American Landing, St. Louis, Missouri

•Desert Passage, Las Vegas, Nevada

•South Boston Seaport, Boston

•Centerpoint, Tempe, Arizona

•Ballpark Market, San Diego, California

•Council Bluffs, Iowa

•Kansas City, Missouri

•The Boulevard, Salt Lake City, Utah

CAPABILITIES

Design

•Market driven

•Unique characteristics can add value

•Address the competition

•Compelling experiences

•Higher quality environments

•Carefully considered design efforts

Architectural Character

Project Identity

Placemaking

Public Space/Common Area Programming

Signage and Graphics

Integrated media

CAPABILITIES

Graphics and

Integrated Media

CAPABILITIES

Horton Plaza

Metropolis Times Square

Prudential Center

Chicago Place

Gaviidae Commons

World Trade Center

Clayton Carondelet

Prestonwood

Meadowlands

West End City Center

CN Tower

Desert Passage

Hollywood & Highland

Old Police Headquarters

Centerpoint

American Landing

Ballpark Village

Villa Marina

8000 Sunset

Mixed Use

PRODUCT TYPES

Harrah’s Kansas City

B Street Pier/Cruise Ship Terminal

San Diego

Binion’s Horseshoe

Council Bluffs, Iowa

Harrah’sSt. Louis

Hollywood Renaissance Hotel

Hollywood

Commander’s Palace

Las Vegas

Hotel MiramarHonolulu

Vivara Hotel and MarinaMarina del Rey, Los Angeles

Lane FieldSan Diego

Hospitality

PRODUCT TYPES

Merchandising Strategy

Coordination

Tenant Mix (categories)

Tenant List (specific)

Leasing Strategy

Tenant Space Configuration and

Design

Service Requirements

Tenant Criteria

Tenant Design Review

Leasing Support

Retail

PRODUCT TYPES

Project Profile:

Hollywood & Highland

Project: Hollywood & Highland

Location: Hollywood CA

Client: Trizec Hahn Development

Project: Urban Redevelopment project strategy,

planning, entitlements, and business development

Responsibilities: As Vice President of Strategic Design,

responsible for the initial planning, entitlements and

approvals of the $600M mixed use redevelopment, as

well as business development strategies including media,

sponsorship, and attraction development. Project

components included a Metro Rail Red Line subway

station; conversion and expansion of a former Holiday

Inn to a four star hotel; renovation of the historic Chinese

Theatre, construction of a new theatre and rooftop

ballroom for the Academy Awards, 90,000 sq. ft of

retail and F&B; and the recreation of the famed

Babylon Court set of the D.W. Griffith film Intolerance to

frame the Hollywood sign in the distance above Lake

Hollywood.

CASE STUDIES

CASE STUDIES

Project Profile:

Prudential Center

Boston

Project: Prudential Center Boston

Location: Boston Massachusetts

Client: Prudential Realty Group

Scope: Redevelopment master planning, retail

strategy, merchandising and leasing

Responsibilities: Lead retail project executive on ULI

Award-winning redevelopment for The Hahn

Company as Asset Managers for the Prudential

Realty Group. Secured first-ever asset management

contract, and served on design team for master plan

that developed a series of glass enclosed retail

arcades. New circulation linked existing Saks fifth

Avenue and Lord and Taylor stores with two existing

and two new office towers, new Mandarin Oriental

Hotel with existing Sheraton Boston Hotel and Hynes

Convention Center. Lead retail leasing effort

resulting in one of the most productive retail centers

in the United States with sales in excess of $1500

per sq. ft.

CASE STUDIES

CASE STUDIES

Project Profile:

Queen Emma’s Garden

Project: Queen Emma Waikiki Properties

Location: Honolulu Hawaii

Client: Queen Emma Land Co.

Scope: Mixed Use Resort District strategy, planning and

design

Responsibilities: As Managing Partner of Urban Labs,

responsible for five separate assignments, beginning with

the development of a Market Survey and Strategic Plan

for the 18-Block Waikiki holdings of the Queen Emma

Land Co. Properties included 5 hotels, 18 multifamily

properties and the historic International Market Place, the

first specialty retail center in the world, built by Don the

Beachcomber. Subsequent scopes of work included

planning and design strategies for the creation of an

urban resort destination incorporating the five resort

hotels; adaptive reuse programs for the multifamily and

outparcel retail properties; and Design Principal for the

development of the reconceived International Market

Place, focused on a restored Queen Emma’s Garden and

Don the Beachcomber’s famous treehouse located in a

giant Banyan tree.

CASE STUDIES

CASE STUDIES

Project Profile:

Riverbanks

Los Angeles

Project: Riverbanks/Old River Mill Master Plan

Location: Downtown Los Angles

Client: Riboli Family Trust/Nakada Associates

Scope: Master planning and adaptive reuse

strategies for historic urban site.

Responsibilities: Developed project strategy for

linear site connecting the Los Angeles River and the

historic Capitol Milling Building with Blossom Plaza- a

CRA-sponsored infill redevelopment with retail

multifamily and public space. Identified tenant uses

and spatial configuration program for three part site

including Plaza, historic mill and a new development

site constructed on a podium over proposed Metro

Gold Line service yard. New podium site featured

new multifamily, neighborhood and region-serving

retail, cultural uses and public amenities to connect

the street with the adjacent Los Angeles State Historic

Park below and underutilized Elysian Park above to

create a dynamic new urban community.

CASE STUDIES

CASE STUDIES

Project Profile:

Downtown Lincoln

Project: Lincoln Downtown Business District

Location: Lincoln Nebraska

Client: Downtown Lincoln Association/City of Lincoln

Scope: Downtown business district economic activity

enhancement strategies

Responsibilities: Served as business development

resource as part of multidisciplinary team. Project

focused on improvements for principal downtown

pedestrian spine. Provided business development

strategies to link each stakeholder group, including

the civic center, University of Nebraska, financial

district, and the historic Haymarket entertainment

district. Areas of emphasis included media and

sponsorship opportunities, small business incubators,

retail cooperatives, artisanal merchant development,

property reconfiguration concepts and individual

merchant development strategies.

CASE STUDIES

CASE STUDIES

Project Profile:

The Pennsylvania

New York

Project: The Pennsylvania

Location: New York NY

Client: Highgate Hotels/Vornado Realty Trust

Project: Urban Entertainment, Retail and Hospitality

destination strategies, planning and marketing

Responsibilities: With Highgate Hotels, developed a

comprehensive redevelopment strategy for Vornado

Realty Trust for the historic 1900-key, 1.4M sq. ft. Hotel

Pennsylvania, across from Madison Square Garden.

Responsibilities included identifying market positioning

for the hotel component, retail strategies for 400,000

sq. ft. of now-vacant space, adaptive reuse

programming for three basement levels, two vacant

office levels, and two levels of rooftop meeting,

mechanical and BOH space. Project components include

three level Artisanal Food Halls, a two-level Retail

Atrium with a life events-focused destination retail

merchandise strategy, Media Broadcast Studios,

Creative Work Space and Small Business Incubator,

and rooftop Urban Conference Center, along with

signature F&B concepts utilizing unused sidewalk

easements for a three-meal bistro and rooftop space

for a signature Roof Garden.

CASE STUDIES

CASE STUDIES

Project Profile:

Miami Wilds

Project: Miami Wilds

Location: Miami Dade County

Client: Odebrecht Construction/Miami Dade County

Scope: Destination resort to be located at Zoo Miami

Responsibilities: Personally invited along with local

partners by Miami Dade County to respond to an

opportunity at the 700-acre property surrounding

the Miami Zoo. In 2012 the County completed a 25

year planning process and targeted sites for theme

and water parks, two hotels and retail complexes.

Responsible for securing interest of Twentieth Century

Fox for their first theme park in the United States,

along with developing the project concept and

market positioning and coordinating the creative

team for planning and design.

CASE STUDIES

CASE STUDIES