NEW JERSEY—Somerset Development completed and fully leased a new building in Lakewood where it has already built several properties, Bussel Realty closed a flurry of lease transactions in Middlesex recently, and the executive leadership of Real Estate Strategies joined Jones Lang LaSalle. Read more in this deal-tracker roundup of recent news.

Executive Moves

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ—Jones Lang LaSalle has named Andrew Zezas, SIOR, a managing director in its New Jersey office. Zezas was previously CEO of New Jersey-based Real Estate Strategies. Joining Zezas at JLL as vice presidents are RealStrat's leadership team, Paulo Santos and Christopher Borgese. Zezas, Santos and Borgese will be part of JLL's brokerage team, led by Dan Loughlin, international director and head of New Jersey brokerage. Zezas and his team will be responsible for new business development, with a focus on cultivating relationships with CFOs and other C-Suite executives. They will also provide real estate advisory and tenant representation services to space users throughout New Jersey, as well as other parts of the United States. Zezas has nearly three decades of experience in the New Jersey real estate market, providing planning, advisory and transactional services for clients in the office, distribution, manufacturing, technology and life sciences sectors. Founded in 2002, RealStrat's clients have included financial executives and senior management at public, private and non-profit corporations in a range of industries throughout the United States. Santos is a licensed real estate salesperson with 19 years of experience in information technology, which has enabled him to assist companies in achieving their business objectives. Borgese, also a licensed real estate salesperson, has vast experience marketing to C-level leaders, which enabled him to expand RealStrat's new business pipeline.