JLL has announced the appointment of Managing Director Brian Smith to lead the firm’s industrial business practice in the South Florida region. In his new role, Smith will work closely with JLL’s Florida leadership to determine strategic direction for the industrial brokerage team across South Florida, identify growth opportunities and work closely with the various industrial teams in support of clients’ business goals and real estate decisions. Smith joined JLL in February 2016 and holds Society of Industrial and Office Realtors, or SIOR, designation and is a certified Global Supply Chain Solutions expert.
“The decades of experience, approach to client relationships and deep understating of the region’s industrial real estate market makes Brian Smith a valuable asset to our firm and we are confident as our South Florida industrial practice broker lead, he will be instrumental in leading JLL’s industrial practice in the right direction,” said Managing Director Alan Kleber. “As the region emerges among the world’s most in-demand markets for industrial real estate and logistics, JLL is in a position to strengthen its position as the dominant real estate brokerage firm in South Florida.”