Matthew Fainchtein is a Managing Director at JLL, overseeing the Urban High-Street Retail Group. Throughout his career, he has played an instrumental role in transforming the retail landscape in many neighborhoods of Los Angeles, helping to establish areas such as the Arts District, Abbot Kinney, and Silver Lake as destinations for retail and F&B.
Matthew regularly collaborates with some of LA’s largest property owners and developers, advising them on developing and executing their vision with success. He represents an extensive list of landlord clients throughout Los Angeles, including the Kroenke Group on their repositioning of Topanga Village; Faring. on their newly built mixed-use property in the heart of West Hollywood where he recently leased a 17,000-sf rooftop to Sushi Samba and other high street retail assets like 267 N. Canon Drive in Beverly Hills where he executed a lease on behalf of NY-based hospitality company, Quality Branded, for their Bad Roman concept.
He has also been instrumental in creative lease structures, including a recent build-to-suit with Maiden Home for their Westcoast flagship at 8901 Melrose Avenue. He is now working on a similar deal at 641 N. Robertson Blvd. (Anawalt Lumber) in West Hollywood. His creative deal prowess coupled with his extensive knowledge of local city codes played a pivotal role in procuring the first QSR to the 3rd Street Promenade in over 15 years with the recent lease signing of Raising Cane’s to 1401 3rd Street Promenade.
Matthew’s extensive retail relationships have led to bringing Global Luxury brands to Rodeo Drive such as Goyard, Versace, and Frette as well as Bottega Veneta to Melrose Place. In addition to luxury brands, he has played a key role in bringing well known aspirational retailers to the Southern California market including the first Theory and Helmut Lang stores to Brentwood and Beverly Hills as well as high end urban streetwear brand Bathing Ape to Melrose Avenue. Most recently, he advised Todd Snyder on his first two LA stores at The Grove and Abbot Kinney, respectively.
On the investment side, Matthew has sold several trophy properties around LA, including the sale of Studio City Place for $42 million as well as the sale of 2.83 acres of un-entitled development land in Marina Del Rey for a record price of $37 million.
Prior to joining JLL, Matthew spent over nine years at Cushman & Wakefield, specializing in urban and high-street retail. Before transitioning to real estate in 2008, he began his career in the entertainment industry as a literary agent at CAA and UTA.
Matthew is a graduate of Bucknell University with a BA in economics and holds a master’s degree in economics and finance from the London School of Economics.
