The win returns Kathy Permenter and Russell S. Johnson Jr.,senior vice president and vice president, respectively from CBRE,to Grubb & Ellis' team. Also moving over this week from CBREwere vice president Daniel Rudd and senior associate BillyVahrenkamp.

[IMGCAP(2)]The battle for talent also produced Blake Anderson, aJLL/Staubach vice president who's a major player on the industrialcircuit. In one fell swoop, Grubb & Ellis has added brokerswith a combined transactional volume topping $900 million and50-plus years of experience.

The region's CRE circuit witnessed another pull-out from JLLearlier this week: Dale Ray, its director of leasing since 2004 whobecame a principal at Peloton Real Estate Partners. JLL managingdirector Jim Yoder is backfilling the role for the investorservices business, returning to the streets to oversee agencyleasing, property management and coordination with the capitalmarkets group.