Jones Lang LaSalle's Aon Center Renewal Includes Deal

CHICAGO-Jones Lang LaSalle’s 132,000-sf lease renewal comes with a kicker–a leasing and management contract for the 2.5-million-sf Aon Center. While the real estate services firm decides to keep its US headquarters at 200 E. Randolph St. for another 10 years, it replaces CB Richard Ellis as the leasing agent and Blackstone Real Estate Advisors as the manager of the landmark 80-story building at the foot of Millennium Park.

Jones Lang LaSalle also picks up management of another 2.2 million sf in the New Jersey and Washington, DC markets from Atlanta-based owner Wells Real Estate Funds. “Jones Lang LaSalle’s reputation and well-respected brand, coupled with the caliber of its employees, makes us confident in their ability to successfully lease and manage our assets,” says Wells Real Estate chief real estate officer Don Miller, whose company paid $465 million for the building in 2003.