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How JLL Pulled Off a Downtown Office Turnaround

MIAMI—GlobeSt.com caught up with JLL's Donald Cartwright to take a look back on what was then the Wachovia Financial Center and the initial steps he took to reposition the tower.

By Jennifer LeClaire | Updated on August 07, 2014

MIAMI—Some are calling it the untold story of a how a single man’s business principles led to the restoration of Miami’s largest real estate building and brand stature. And it’s no ordinary building. It’s Southeast Financial Center, Florida’s tallest and largest office tower and plaza—and the largest in the Southeast at 1.225 million square feet.

That man is JLL senior vice president Donald Cartwright. At the height of what was the worst economic downturn this modern generation has seen, it didn’t come as a surprise to Cartwright that the largest real estate asset in Miami was about to implode.

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