Under the Kraft assignment, Grubb & Ellis will serve as facilities services provider for Kraft's headquarters in Northfield and for all of the food maker's office and R&D sites across North America. Grubb & Ellis will provide a full range of facilities management services for 41 locations throughout the US and Canada totaling more than four million sf of property.

For Ingersoll-Rand, Grubb & Ellis will provide lease administration, strategic consulting and transaction management for more than 1,000 properties totaling 46 million sf of industrial, manufacturing and office sites located throughout North and South America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. The agreement extends Grubb & Ellis' relationship with Ingersoll Rand through 2013.

In the last 60 days, Grubb & Ellis' Global Client Services has won or renewed seven major corporate services accounts. Dylan Taylor, who was appointed president of Global Client Services in January calls the Kraft assignment "one of the most significant facilities management contracts awarded to a commercial real estate services provider in several years." Kraft chose Grubb & Ellis after "an extensive review process," according to Bruce Windedahl, senior director facilities & real estate for Kraft Foods. The relationship is being led by Jim Walter of Grubb & Ellis' National Accounts Team.