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What's Driving South Florida Industrial Growth

MIAMI— Amazon, Hikvision and John Deere are among the newest players. JLL managing director Brian Smith offers insight.

By Jennifer LeClaire | jenniferleclaire | Updated on January 25, 2017

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MIAMI—JLL managing director Brian Smith is now leading the firm’s industrial business practice in South Florida. As the South Florida broker lead, he works closely with JLL’s leadership to lead the brokerage team’s strategic direction, identifies growth opportunities and works with the various industrial teams in support of achieving clients’ goals and real estate decisions.

Smith, who has handled more than $2 billion in transactions during his career, led the completion of the 550,000-square-foot lease that paved the way for Telemundo Enterprises/NBC Universal’s world headquarters and studio campus in western Miami-Dade earlier this year. GlobeSt.com caught up with Smith to discuss issues facing the South Florida’s industrial market in part one of this exclusive interview.

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