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LOS ANGELES-Chicago-based Jones Lang LaSalle has acquiredlocally based Zietsman Realty Partners Inc., a real estateinvestment banking firm headed by Michael Zietsman, in a movedesigned to augment the Chicago firm's growing capital marketsgroup. Zietsman has become a managing director of Jones LangLaSalle, located in the firm's Los Angeles office, with Zietsmanand the other professionals of his firm now operating as part ofJLL's capital markets group.

Zietsman has more than 23 years of experience and more than $8billion of direct transaction experience with asset sales, jointventures and financings. Jones Lang LaSalle says that theacquisition adds to its capabilities by bringing on "a team withstrong relationships and a reputation for arranging complex office,retail and multifamily transactions involving institutional qualityproperties."