MIAMI—Avison Young just wooed two JLL heavy hitters to its ranks. Keith Edelman and Scott Goldstein join as principals in the company's Miami office. The duo will continue working as a team representing office tenants in South Florida.

Edelman brings 20 years of commercial real estate experience to Avison. Goldstein brings 15. Both served as senior vice presidents at JLL before switching allegiances.

"The continued strengthening of our economy is being showcased within a tremendous market uptick resulting in tenants once again reevaluating space requirements," Pike Rowley, principal and Managing Director for Avison in Florida, tells GlobeSt.com. "Within Downtown Miami, Brickell, and Ft. Lauderdale's CBD, we are experiencing robust activity in demand from tenants and the addition of Keith and Scott will allow us to expertly serve our clients.”

Together, Edelman and Goldstein have inked over 1,000 transactions working with Fortune 500 companies and local entrepreneurial firms. Harley-Davidson, JP Morgan, Heartware, Regus, Jetstream Federal Credit Union, Exxon Mobil, Automated Healthcare Solutions, Bressler Amery & Ross, Daszkal Bolton, Aetna, and the State of Florida are among their clients.

Edelman's strengths lies in marketing, financial analysis, strategy implementation, and lease negotiations. Goldstein specializes in office site selection, evaluation and lease negotiations on behalf of clients in the professional services, technology and governmental sectors.

“In order to remain at the forefront of our highly competitive industry, Avison Young recognizes the need to continually add new resources to the company,” says Donna Abood, Avison principal and managing director of the Miami office. “Keith and Scott have developed outstanding reputations in the market and among their clients.”

Avison entered the Florida real estate market with 30 team members in Fort Lauderdale, Miami, and Boca Raton in October 2012. The firm has expanded steadily since then, opening additional offices in West Palm Beach, Tampa, and Orlando. Over the past six years, Avison Young has grown from 11 to 66 offices and from 300 to more than 1,700 real estate professionals in Canada, the US and Europe.