HOUSTON—Newly hired vice president Jack Russo, part of JLL's expanded agency leasing team, will represent both institutional and private owners in the marketing and leasing of office properties. Russo recently offered insights into just how much the damage from Harvey will factor into the overall real estate market. In this exclusive, Russo recently discussed the office market and some of the trends he is seeing, along with an assessment of Harvey's impact.
Globest.com: Houston's office market is extremely tenant favorable and looks to be so for a while. Why is now the right time to join JLL?
Russo: It's never a bad time to join a great team. Personally, I did not want to transition, start over in a sense, in the chaos of a hot office market. Opportunities to add value abound when the market is tough; not as much when class-A vacancy is in the single digits.
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Lisa Brown
Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.
