Painter joins Sabre Real Estate Group as director of national accounts

Garden City, NY According to Jayson Siano, managing principal of Sabre Real Estate Group, the New York metropolitan region brokerage, 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. 

Painter, who will work from Atlanta, will focus her talents on increasing the national consulting platform at Sabre. Siano said that Painter, a 24-year industry veteran, will assist Sabre in attracting new national clients as well as working to rollout new locations for Sabre’s existing national accounts portfolio. Painter’s 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,” Painter said.

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.

“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.

Founded in 2011 by Kenneth Breslin and Jayson Siano, experienced retail real estate professionals, Sabre Real Estate Group is a full-service retail and investment sales real estate brokerage company and consulting firm with offices in Garden City, NY, New York City, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ and Tampa, FL, It is focused on tenant and owner representation, particularly for emerging brands, fashion, fitness, dining and technology. In addition to offering a deep understanding of real estate Sabre’s brokers think like retailers, investors, restaurateurs, franchisors and entrepreneurs and are eager students of shopping behavior, franchising, technology, media, fashion, music and pop culture.