Meghann Martindale promoted to Senior Director of U.S. Retail Strategy

Chicago, IL – Avison Young, a global real estate advisory firm, today announces the promotion of Meghann Martindale to Senior Director of U.S. Retail Strategy. She will focus on scaling the firm’s market intelligence–brokerage platform to more directly support the business, leveraging data and analytics to drive revenue growth, attract and develop top talent, and elevate Avison Young’s retail brand.

“Meghann’s deep retail expertise and strategic vision make her the right leader to advance this effort and deliver great value to our clients and to our team,” said Harry Klaff, Principal and U.S. President, Avison Young. “By leveraging intelligence to deliver better client outcomes, we are reinforcing Avison Young’s retail platform as a trusted and influential authority grounded in insight, credibility, and long-term relevance.”

In her expanded role, Martindale will collaborate closely with Gavin Farnam who leads Avison Young’s U.S. Retail Services and platform, including retail property management, leasing and marketing. She will focus on turning retail insights and data into actionable strategies that improve our clients’ decision-making and enhance our brokers’ productivity.

Martindale joined Avison Young in 2024 as Principal, Director, Retail Market Intelligence, following the firm’s acquisition of Madison Marquette Retail Services. She built and led their retail research platform supporting the leasing, management, marketing and investment teams. She brings more than 25 years of experience, including senior leadership positions at CBRE, Related, and at Simon Property Group.

“By uniting my market intelligence, advisory and transaction experience, I’m excited to partner with Gavin Farnam to scale the business – converting insight into action and action into measurable growth,” said Martindale.