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John McNellis, Beth Walter and Mike Powers
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About UsAt first, McNellis Partners specialized in the construction of new shopping centers in Northern California. While continuing that tradition the partnership added a second major emphasis in 1994—the renovation of well-located older shopping centers and retail buildings—and has since focused on both areas of expertise. Since its formation, the company has developed 47 projects—all in Northern California—including 36 shopping centers totaling about three and half million square feet. Today, McNellis Partners' preferred projects are the development of raw land from five to forty acres and the redevelopment of older retail centers ranging from 50,000 to 400,000 square feet in size. The partnership also undertakes mixed use and office projects. While seldom investing with outside financial partners, McNellis Partners does enter into partnerships with retail tenants (notably Safeway Stores, Inc. and Ross-Dress-For-Less) and individual property owners in need of financial aid or development expertise. McNellis Partners manages its own properties, numerous shopping centers for Save-Mart, a center for Ralph's and a number of commercial properties for other institutions and individual owners. All of the properties owned or managed by the partnership are located in Northern California. John McNellis
A graduate of UC Berkeley and the University of California's Hastings College of The Law, John is a member of the ULI–a founding member of both its Environmental Task Force and Environmental Coordinating Committee–and the ICSC. He has served as the chair of the ULI's Small Scale Development Council and is a member of the ULI's Board of Governors. He is also a lecturer for both the ULI and ICSC. John is the president of the board of directors of Rebuilding Together Peninsula, a non-profit organization dedicated to the housing needs of San Mateo County's low income residents. He also serves on the board of directors for another local non-profit, the Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center, and he works with the Urban Ministry of Palo Alto, both as a volunteer at its "Food Closet" and as a principal fund raiser. John has also served on the board of directors for Lambda Alpha International (Golden Gate Chapter). Beth Walter
Beth earned a Certified Shopping Center Manager designation from the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) in 1985. She has served as the ICSC's State Director for Northern California, its Western States Divisional Operations Chair, its Northern California State Operations Chair, and its State Public Relations and Community Service Director. Beth is a current member of and past president of the Rancho Cordova Chamber of Commerce and was voted Rancho Cordova's Volunteer of the Year in 1998. Mike Powers
Mike has a BA from Claremont McKenna College and an MBA from Harvard Business School and is a member of the SSDC Council of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), Lambda Alpha International (Golden Gate Chapter) and the ICSC. Additionally, he has taught real estate development classes for the ULI's Real Estate School and Wells Fargo Bank's Wholesale University. |
John McNellis practiced law in San Francisco with Landels, Ripley and Diamond and co-founded McNellis Partners in 1982.
In retail center management since 1976 with the Hahn Company and Norris, Beggs & Simpson, Beth Walter joined McNellis Partners in 1983. Beth directs all of the Partnership's property and asset management operations and supervises all of its construction activities.
Prior to joining McNellis Partners in 1984, Mike was an associate with the investment banking firm of Warburg Paribas Becker. In addition to managing the company's operations, Mike is responsible for overseeing all financing, acquisitions and sales.