JLL's expansion plans for the Bay Area were first reported onGlobeSt.com inJuly. At that time, Sengelmann told GlobeSt.com that theregional expansion follows the significant growth in the firm'slocal business, growth it expects to continue. Since July 2005, thefirm has expanded its management portfolio by more 10 million sfand added two big name corporate clients.

Its property management business now totals more than 31 millionsf and its corporate clientele includes Sun Microsystems, CiscoSystems, Solectron, VeriSign, Synopsys, Kaiser Permanente and WellsReal Estate Funds. "We've got great momentum and very ambitiousplans," Sengelmann told GlobeSt.com in July. He was not availableFriday to discuss the size and the length of its leasecommitment.

The new office, located at 1900 University Circle in East PaloAlto, is JLL's second Bay Area office. The other is at One PostStreet in Downtown San Francisco. Mathisen comes to JLL from CBRichard Ellis, where he has been for the past 16 years, mostrecently as senior vice president. Major sales assignments haveincluded Santa Clara Gateway, Regency Plaza and San Tomas BusinessPark.