Business building · Case study
Lucky Brand
From five stores to a $100 million-plus acquisition.
John built Lucky Brand’s national footprint in just five years, an integral part of the growth that led to its sale to Liz Claiborne.
5 → 55
stores to locations
5
years
$100M+
acquisition by Liz Claiborne
30
more deals for the new owners
The story
01
A denim brand ready to grow
John joined Lucky Brand when it had just five stores. The opportunity was to build a national presence fast, in the right places.
02
Fifty-five premier addresses in five years
John negotiated 55 locations in five years in the country’s most productive retail addresses, from The Grove and Michigan Avenue to Newbury Street, Georgetown and Ala Moana.
03
An acquisition, and a client that stayed
That growth was an integral part of Lucky Brand’s sale to Liz Claiborne for more than $100 million. The new owners kept John on to lead their leasing, and he completed 30 more deals before they brought leasing in-house.
Timeline
Start
Lucky Brand has five stores
2001 – 2006
55 locations negotiated in five years
Acquisition
Sale to Liz Claiborne for more than $100 million
After the sale
30 more deals for the new owners
“The Z Gallerie story and the Lucky Brand story were two national rollouts that resulted in 100 million plus dollar acquisitions, where the ownership was able to ride off into the sunset.”
John Corritore
National footprint
Fifty-five locations, coast to coast.
- Bellevue Square, WA
- Fashion Show, NV
- NorthPark, TX
- Cherry Creek, CO
- North Bridge, IL
- Houston Galleria, TX
- The Mall at Millenia, FL
- Third Avenue, NY
- M Street, D.C.
- Newbury Street, MA
- Beverly Center, Los Angeles, CA
- Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto, CA
- The Grove, Los Angeles, CA
- 4545 La Jolla Village Dr, San Diego, CA
- Valley Fair, San Jose, CA
- Cherry Creek, Denver, CO
- 3271 M Street, Georgetown, Washington, DC
- The Mall at Millenia, Orlando, FL
- Ala Moana Center, Honolulu, HI
- 520 Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL
- 229 Newbury Street, Boston, MA
- Somerset Collection, Troy, MI
- The Mall at Short Hills, NJ
- 1151 Third Avenue, New York, NY
- 216 Columbus Avenue, New York, NY
- 1634 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA
- Tysons Galleria, McLean, VA
- Bellevue Square, WA
- University Village, Seattle, WA
- 5267 E. Second Street, Long Beach, CA
- Brea Mall, Brea, CA
- 1344 Burlingame Avenue, CA
- Fashion Valley, San Diego, CA
- Glendale Galleria, Glendale, CA
- Las Americas Premium Outlets, San Diego, CA
- Ontario Mills, Ontario, CA
- Paseo Colorado, Pasadena, CA
- San Francisco Centre, San Francisco, CA
- Paseo Nuevo, Santa Barbara, CA
- The Village at Corte Madera, CA
- Aspen Grove, Littleton, CO
- 1739 Connecticut Ave, Washington, DC
- Florida Mall, Orlando, FL
- International Plaza, Tampa, FL
- The Galleria at Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Town Center at Boca Raton, FL
- 2048 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL
- Woodfield Mall, Schaumburg, IL
- Country Club Plaza, Kansas City, MO
- SouthPark Mall, Charlotte, NC
- Desert Passage Mall at Aladdin, Las Vegas, NV
- Fashion Show Mall, Las Vegas, NV
- Easton Town Center, Columbus, OH
- Kenwood Towne Centre, Cincinnati, OH
- 521 NW 23rd Ave, Portland, OR
- Plaza Las Americas, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- The Mall at Green Hills, Nashville, TN
- Barton Creek Square, Austin, TX
- Highland Village, Houston, TX
- NorthPark Center, Dallas, TX
- The Galleria, Houston, TX
- The Shops at Willow Bend, Plano, TX
- West Village, Dallas, TX
- The Gateway, Salt Lake City, UT
- Stony Point Fashion Park, Richmond, VA