Brookfield Properties owns iconic retail places like Ala Moana Center in Honolulu and Brookfield Place in New York City. Meredith Darnell, the Chief Optimization Officer at Brookfield talks about new technologies she's using to make shopping easier. And she talks about the types of retailers that are leasing new store space and how to turn shopping centers into destinations.   James Cook is the director of retail research in the Americas for JLL.    Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts Listen: WhereWeBuy.show  Alexa: Say "Enable the Where We Buy skill"   Email: jamesd.cook@am.jll.com    Watch our week video show, Everything We Know About Retail: http://everythingweknow.show/   Leave a message on the Where We Buy hotline. We may use it on an upcoming show. Call (602) 633-4061    Read more retail research here:  http://www.us.jll.com/retail   Theme music is Run in the Night by The Good Lawdz, under Creative Commons license.