As a Senior Managing Partner at Faris Lee Investments, Mr. MacLellan helps lead the firm’s major disposition assignments and is part of the senior management team. He is also active in transaction negotiations and overseeing staff in the proposal process.

Mr. MacLellan has more than 30 years of commercial investment sale experience. His focus has been in acquisition/disposition services, which includes core, value-add opportunities, structured debt and equity structuring. During his career, he has been directly involved in more than 360 investment transactions valued in excess of $3 billion.

Mr. MacLellan has been the lead broker on many large retail transactions throughout the US including: The District, a grocery/lifestyle center in Henderson, NV that sold for $79.3 million; a nationwide Albertsons portfolio that sold for $92.5 million; South Bay Pavilion, a Southern California regional mall that sold for $50 million on behalf of Shamrock Disney Fund; and, the AIG Baker portfolio disposition in excess of $260 million. He also led the sale by Macerich of a Kohl’s/ Mervyn’s portfolio for $75 million and Vornado’s disposition of a national Best Buy/Toys R Us portfolio.

Since joining Faris Lee Investments in 2001, Mr. MacLellan has played a vital role in growing the firm’s business volume and elevating the client base and transaction profile. He was the lead broker in the disposition of the $138 million Torrance Crossroads, considered the pioneer case study for using a break up strategy for retail centers.

During his tenure with Faris Lee Investments, Mr. MacLellan has worked with the majority of the retail leaders in the industry – REITs, pension funds, major developers, equity and lenders – including Macerich, UBS, Lubert Adler, Vornado, Regency Centers, DDR, LaSalle, Prudential and LNR. Prior to joining Faris Lee, Mr. MacLellan spent 17 years with CBRE and HFF in Southern California. He is considered one of the elite retail investment brokers in California based on his extensive transaction activity and client list, as well as his successful completion of some of the country’s most creative and complex retail transactions.

Mr. MacLellan is an active member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and has extensive experience on the ICSC Committee. He is frequently featured as a retail industry expert on panels at the major retail conferences and is an active author for several real estate publications.