About Us
Fox Real Estate Advisory is committed to helping our clients make the most informed real estate decisions. We are highly motivated and enjoy the challenges and problem solving involved in conducting real estate market research and site location analysis, strategic planning and real estate valuation.
John Fox | Principal
John Fox is a 20-year real estate industry veteran with substantial expertise in development, acquisition and investment. Having worked for
leading firms in the industry, he now advises property owners, analysts,
investors, major retailers and economic development agencies seeking to make
informed decisions about real estate.
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Fox provides clients with timely, actionable information and thorough analysis
on real estate. Utilizing proven techniques in market research, site
selection, property marketing, financial analysis and strategic planning he
helps clients to understand and minimize risk. John Fox has evaluated entire
portfolios of real estate assets and reports on investment value and
performance and recommends strategy for owners and investors. Fox has
conducted due diligence on retail, residential (both single and multi family),
office and hotel properties. In particular he is an expert on retail real
estate having evaluated every retail property type from freestanding locations
to neighborhood strip centers to regional malls for over two decades.
Fox has worked on hundreds of millions of dollars of development and
acquisition projects including Circle Centre Mall in Indianapolis, the Mall of
America in Bloomington, Minnesota and the Forum Shops at Caesars in Las Vegas.
Fox has worked with department stores, specialty stores and restaurants from
Macy’s to Ann Taylor to Cheesecake Factory.
Prior to founding Fox Real Estate Advisory, John Fox was Vice President of
Research, Leasing & Development for Kite
Realty Group Trust. At Kite, Fox was responsible for evaluating nationwide
real estate development and acquisition opportunities employing the
disciplines of market research and financial analysis as well as providing due
diligence and underwriting support. He developed strategic and tactical
leasing support materials for marketing projects to major retailers using site
location analysis techniques, retail sales potential, and competitive
analysis.
From 1987-2006, Mr. Fox held various research positions at
Simon Property Group, the largest public
U.S. real estate company. As Real Estate Research Manager he designed,
directed, and implemented market analysis, site location, and consumer
research studies for regional malls, community, lifestyle and town center
projects. Fox also modeled regional mall performance and developed an early
grading system for regional malls used in evaluating development and
acquisition opportunities. (download
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John Fox is a member of the Gerson Lehrman Group Real Estate Council. He is an active member of the ICSC and the ICSC North American Research Task Force. In 2008, he was chairman of the ICSC Research Conference in Los Angeles. John is Vice Chairman of the Research Committee of the Indiana District Council of the Urban Land Institute and a member of the Lacy Leadership Association. He has a B.A. from Purdue University, is a licensed Indiana real estate agent and a member of the Indiana Real Estate Exchangors.
