Biography

Mark Blancarte is the co-founder of Location3 as well as one of its Principals. With more than 35 years of retail real estate experience, Mr. Blancarte has personally completed transactions totaling more than $1 billion. He is known for his unparalleled experience in landlord and tenant representation, retail and mixed-use development, leasing, and market analysis.

Prior to joining Location3 Mark was a general partner in several west coast development firms and entitled and developed numerous retail, high-density retail and mixed-use properties exceeding 2,000,000 square feet. He was directly involved in all development issues; securing sites, site planning, due diligence, pro-forma creation and analysis, coordination of and obtaining all entitlements, attending public meetings and presentations, negotiations with anchor retailers, architects, engineers, contractors and lenders.

Mark also has extensive experience in the restaurant and entertainment industry, having been the founder of a San Francisco based multi-state restaurant concept.

Mark has established relationships and executed transactions with lifestyle retailers including Pottery Barn, Whole Foods (3 stores), Williams Sonoma, West Elm, Urban Outfitters, Free People, American Apparel, Pottery Barn Kids, Ruth’s Chris, Flemings, Anthropologie, and others. He enjoys working with expanding restaurant concepts lending his expertise in formulating expansion strategies for emerging brands.

Mark and his partner Ruth Jolley, are involved in many European business ventures including Fiat 500 Classics, Monde de la Maison, 727 Sailbags, and Core et’ Barre.

Biography

Ruth Jolley is the co-founder, and a Principal of Location3 With more than 30 years of retail real estate experience, Ms. Jolley is recognized as one of the nation’s preeminent retail specialists. In her career Ruth has personally completed transactions totaling more than $1 billion. She is known for her unparalleled experience in landlord and tenant representation, new construction, leasing, and market analysis and merchandising.

Ms. Jolley’s list of prestigious retail clients includes many of the nation’s premier retailers, including, Whole Foods, Nike, Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, Sephora, Barnes and Noble, West Elm, Chico’s, American Apparel, White House/Black Market, Container Store, and the TJX brands.

She has also worked with an equally impressive list of owners, developers and investors, including Simon, Westfield, Macerich, DDR, GGP, The Irvine Company, The Boyer Company, and CenterCal.

Prior to founding Location3 Ms. Jolley spent 3 years as Director of Leasing for Eddie Bauer, negotiating over 40 lease transactions nationally including flagship store locations for the brand

Under Ms. Jolley’s leadership Location3 has expanded its retail strategy into working with Europe retailers and is a partner in several international retail oriented businesses.