ORLANDO, FL-Jones Lang LaSalle is making major Florida market moves. On the heels of its Jacksonville office opening, the company has poached two real estate stars from other firms. JLL snatched Yvonne Baker and Aaron Gray to serve in its Orlando office one day and promoted Steve Medwin to head of brokerage in South Florida the next.

Baker will lead the landlord leasing team, and Gray will specialize in tenant representation. Further South, Medwin’s new role includes managing the landlord and tenant representation teams for office and industrial real estate in Miami, Ft. Lauderdale and Boca Raton. Medwin will also sit on JLL’s national brokerage leadership council.

“Aaron is what I would classify as a super sophomore. He is one of those guys who has paid his freshman dues. It’s just a matter of time before he becomes a super senior,” Mark Stratman, managing director at JLL, tells GlobeSt.com. “Yvonne is a seasoned veteran. Yvonne will help me get landlord business. We don’t have much of an agency leasing side presence here.”

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