Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated provides global commercial real estate services and investment management through JLL and LaSalle Investment Management. News about JLL commonly covers leasing advisory, workplace, project and property management, capital markets assignments, investment sales, debt advisory, hotel and hospitality transactions, and mandates tied to office, industrial, hotel, multi-family, retail and data center properties.
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JLL (JLL) appointed Mark Gibson to the newly created role of Country CEO, U.S., effective immediately, to lead a U.S. Executive Committee. The committee will bring business line leaders together around shared clients. JLL said the role supports the “Deepen Client Relationships” imperative of Accelerate 2030, its multi-year strategy, and is intended to connect clients with capabilities across the firm.
Gibson will also remain CEO of Capital Markets Americas through the end of 2026. Kevin MacKenzie, currently President of Capital Markets Americas, will succeed him as CEO of that business effective January 1, 2027. Gibson has led Capital Markets Americas for seven years and previously led HFF until JLL acquired it in 2019. MacKenzie has been with HFF and JLL since 2004.
JLL (NYSE: JLL) arranged $463 million in bridge financing for Thompson Thrift’s newly delivered multifamily portfolio across three states. Barings provided the floating-rate construction take-out loan, which replaces construction financing, with JLL working exclusively on behalf of Thompson Thrift. The proceeds retired existing construction loans across all eight properties.
The portfolio comprises 2,412 Class A apartment units across Florida, Georgia and Arizona. The properties were delivered in phases throughout 2025 and 2026. They span seven metropolitan areas: Orlando, Pensacola, North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, Vero Beach, Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Atlanta and Phoenix. Individual communities range from 268 to 380 units, with an average unit size of 1,023 square feet across the portfolio.
Schneider Downs has signed a lease for a new office at Grandview Yard in Grandview Heights, with JLL (JLL) supporting the relocation process.
JLL provided workplace strategy and market analysis, alongside employee input, to help identify the location. Schneider Downs says the office will support future growth and collaboration across its accounting, tax, consulting and wealth management practices.
BXP (BXP) and JLL (JLL) have joined the team for Fifty at First, a planned office tower in downtown San Francisco. The San Francisco Recovery Fund retained BXP as a consultant across development, leasing and marketing, and named JLL the exclusive office leasing agent.
The proposed tower at First and Mission streets comprises 1.5 million square feet and stands 915 feet tall in its design. SFRF expects it to open in 2031 and become San Francisco's second-tallest building upon completion. SFRF acquired the site, formerly known as Oceanwide Center, in January 2026 and has unveiled new renderings. Gensler leads the design team.
JLL (JLL) announced on September 24, 2026, that it arranged $406 million in financing for Dallas’ Trammell Crow Center. JLL acted for the borrower, Regent Properties, to secure a five-year, fixed-rate, single-asset, single-borrower loan through Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley.
The 50-story office tower contains 1,226,825 square feet on a 2.2-acre site in Dallas’ Arts District. It is 92% leased. Tenants include Goldman Sachs, Baker & Botts, Vinson & Elkins, Orix and Prudential.
A prior ownership group completed a $182 million renovation in 2019. The work included a new parking structure, 27,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and a renovated lobby. The property also has a fitness club, conference center, outdoor pavilion and on-site dining.
Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) will host a conference call and webcast on October 28, 2026, to discuss third-quarter 2026 results.
The call begins at 9 a.m. Eastern time. Listeners can dial (833) 461-5787 and provide conference ID 265140258; JLL asks callers to dial in 10 minutes early. The live webcast will be available at ir.jll.com.
JLL (JLL) appointed Paul Morgan as Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately, and added him to its Global Executive Board.
The newly created COO role leads a centralized global operations function and is tied to JLL’s Accelerate 2030 strategy, which aims to enhance scale, resilience, operational excellence and a unified, technology-enabled platform. Morgan will report to President and CEO Christian Ulbrich and focus on “unlocking platform excellence” by unifying enterprise-wide operational expertise. He previously held senior global operating roles within JLL and spent 18 years in executive positions at Johnson Controls.
JLL (JLL) released the 14th Global Real Estate Transparency Index, showing that two-thirds of markets increased transparency over the past two years, with highly transparent markets recording a 64% rise in transaction volumes and attracting $1.4 trillion of capital.
These thirteen highly transparent markets now account for 56% of income-producing real estate and over 80% of global direct investment. Asia-Pacific and MENA drive most improvement, with India, Vietnam, South Korea, Australia and Thailand advancing through digitization, stronger governance and legal reforms; India and Vietnam reached all-time-high direct transaction volumes, totaling $12 billion over two years. Alternative sectors such as data centers, manufacturing and infrastructure now represent 20% of global direct volumes, while over 90% of occupiers and investors use AI tools, underscoring the role of digital infrastructure and energy data in transparency gains.
JLL (NYSE:JLL) reported that its Capital Markets group advised Millennium Partners on $856 million in financing for Boston’s Winthrop Center, a $1.3 billion mixed-use tower. According to JLL, the mandate comprised a $281 million, 20-year C-PACE residential inventory loan for The Millennium Residences arranged through Nuveen Green Capital and a $575 million, five-year securitized loan for The Offices at Winthrop Center arranged through Morgan Stanley and Barclays.
Winthrop Center includes approximately 823,856 square feet of Class A Passive House-certified office space and 317 luxury residential units. Nuveen Green Capital stated this is the largest C-PACE-financed transaction in New England. JLL highlighted this as evidence of institutional appetite for high-quality, sustainable assets backed by established sponsorship.
JLL (NYSE:JLL) reports that robust credit market liquidity is reviving global commercial real estate transactions, with its Global Bid Intensity Index now well above year-ago levels. June saw the sharpest monthly improvement in bidding in a year, and July delivered the second-highest count of unique bidders on record.
According to JLL, its Credit Intensity Index remains materially above prior 2021 highs, even after some moderation in loan-to-value ratios and lender volumes. The gap between strong lender competition and asset bidding is narrowing, suggesting a healthier, more predictable transaction environment despite headwinds from higher bond yields and borrowing costs.