CHICAGO—JLL has just hired Maureen Ehrenberg as executive managing director of its facilities management business in the Americas. She takes the helm at a time when facilities management has become a far more complex task and an increasing number of corporations are deciding to outsource the work to professional real estate firms like JLL.

“We see Maureen as a world-renowned leader in facilities management,” Doug Sharp, president of JLL Corporate Solutions in the Americas, tells GlobeSt.com. “We believe she can take us to the next level.” Ehrenberg will lead an 8,000-member team that currently manages more than 760-million-square-feet of space for about 120 major corporate clients and many other local and regional companies. The properties managed by JLL include all types of real estate such as retail, manufacturing, offices and healthcare.

Prior to joining JLL, Ehrenberg was the global director of facilities management at CBRE, Inc. where she also held the role of senior managing director for global corporate services and client strategies. Previously, she was a principal at Expense Management Solutions and also served as executive vice president and president of global client services at Grubb & Ellis Company.