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LOS ANGELES-Jones Lang La Salle has expanded its growingoperations both here and in Northern California with the additionof the office brokerage team of Craig Meyer and Steve Solomon,along with new multifamily brokers Alex Quintana and PatrickShiver. Senior vice presidents Meyer and Solomon will expand thecompany's presence in the South Bay and lowerWestside submarketsand will be based in the South Bay, while Quintana will be based inCentury City and Shiver in San Francisco.

The Meyer-Solomon team, which joins Jones Lang LaSalle fromTrammell Crow Co., will enhance the company's competitive edge in aregion that extends southward from Santa Monica to Long Beach,notes Jan Pope, Jones Lang LaSalle's division director for thewestern region. Pope calls the area covered by the new team a"pivotal region," where Meyer and Solomon transacted some of thelargest leases in Southern California last year.