Newport Beach, Calif. (December 5, 2019) – SRS Real Estate Partners is pleased to welcome John Few as senior vice president and managing principal in its Newport Beach office and as a partner with its Southern California leadership team and SRS Signature Group. With more than 27 years of entertainment and restaurant real estate experience, Few brings expertise on both the brokerage and retailer side. In his new role, Few will build a team of specialists within SRS’ Signature Group focused on restaurant and entertainment as well as working with managing principal Mike Rielly to further expand Signature Group. This service offering within SRS caters to aspirational and high-end brands targeting coast-to-coast growth in high-street, “A” mall, lifestyle, premium outlet, and design/arts district environments.
Prior to joining SRS, Few was a founding partner of The Sequoia Restaurant and Entertainment Group where he spent more than 16 years providing real estate development consulting and brokerage services to premier high-volume restaurant and entertainment companies in most major markets across the U.S. Some of these companies include: Lazy Dog Restaurants, Yard House Restaurants, Handcrafted Restaurants (Monkeypod Kitchen by Merriman, Moku Kitchen, and The Beach House), The Hillstone Restaurant Group, The Alicart Restaurant Group (Carmine’s New York and Virgil’s Real Barbecue), Hard Rock Café International, Il Fornaio, Paul Martin’s American Grill, Red O Restaurants, and International Smoke by The MINA Group.
“John’s specialty restaurant experience across the country is unparalleled. He’s a perfect fit for our Southern California team, Signature Group, and SRS as a whole,” said Garrett Colburn, EVP and managing principal, SRS Real Estate Partners.
Few’s experience includes co-founding and managing the Staubach Restaurant & Entertainment Group with Staubach Retail. He was also director of real estate and business development for Disney Regional Entertainment, a division of the Walt Disney Company focused on the creation of location-based entertainment concepts including ESPN Zone, DisneyQuest, and Club Disney. His experience includes work with PepsiCo where he handled corporate real estate for Taco Bell and Chevys Fresh Mexican Restaurants.
“I am thrilled to have the opportunity to partner with SRS as part of the Signature Group to provide development consulting and brokerage services to best-of-class restaurant and entertainment concepts, with the added national and international resources that the SRS platform provides,” Few shared.
“John is a best-in-class representative with an impressive profile. I look forward to building our team and market reach with his added retail industry insight,” said Rielly.
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SRS Real Estate Partners is the largest real estate company in North America exclusively dedicated to retail services. Headquartered in Dallas with more than 25 offices worldwide, SRS’ strong reach and international presence provide the company with unparalleled knowledge both globally and domestically. As a result, clients of SRS have a competitive edge through a full range of offerings including brokerage services, corporate services, development services, and investment services. Since its inception in 1986, SRS has built a strong foundation in the retail real estate world and grown into one of the industry’s most influential and respected leaders. Our success is measured in the achievement of our clients’ objectives, satisfaction and trust. For more information, please visit srsre.com.