completed its acquisitionof the Dallas-based Staubach Co.,

Greg O'Brien, the former CEO of Staubach, will now serve as CEOof brokerage for the US. John Gates, former Staubach president andCOO, is now president of brokerage under O'Brien. "There are a fewof us who are melancholy about the name change, I worked atStaubach for 16 years," O'Brien tells GlobeSt.com. "Staubach willbe an important part of our history, we're proud of what we built.But we're excited about the global brand, and proud to be joiningwhat JLL stands for."

He says it became clear to Staubach executives that more thanbrokerage was needed to serve customers today. "We just weren'table to solve the complete problem for our clients, we werestretching to solve certain problems," O'Brien says. He says JLLwas the same way. "We each needed what the other had." More than1,000 Staubach employees have joined into the JLL name.