Karen Raquet

Food Halls for All: Transforming Dated Food Courts into Gourmet Destinations

By Karen Raquet, Director of Retail Property Services for JLL Ask an American shopper to name her favorite food hall and the responses will vary. A New Yorker might choose Chelsea Market or Gotham West, but an LA shopper might point to the much-loved Grand Central Market. If you ask a food lover in Des Moines or Nashville that same question, the response may likely be a blank stare. While the food hall craze is at full frenzy in top tier U.S. cities, the rest of America is still ripe for growth. Food hall mindshare is growing. Food hall awareness…