The team's overall goal is to help formulate an integratedinvestment sales and real estate investment banking business in theAmericas. Such a business would offer debt and equity originationand placement, equity fund raising, resolution strategies, loan andnote sales and investment advisory services.

Thomas Melody tells GlobeSt.com the move from CBRE had more todo with the opportunity to grow something at Jones Lang LaSalle.The relationship with CBRE was very good, and there were no issueswith the team's departure, Melody adds.

"We wanted to be someplace where we could be a large part of agrowing capital markets platform as opposed to someplace with astable capital markets platform that we continue to work with, butare not involved in the growth of," Melody comments. "This is moreof a challenge, but it's exciting for us." A spokesman with CBRichard Ellis issued the statement that the Melodys and Fish werefine producers and "we wish them the best."