PHOENIX—As part of its ongoing commitment to strategically growthe industrial property management services it provides forclients, JLL announces the firm hashired Mark Stevens as a nationaldirector of industrial property management in the west region.Stevens will be based in the firm's Phoenix office,responsible for the development of industrial property managementbusiness opportunities across the Western U.S. He will also partnerwith the JLL east region to pursue and grow joint nationalopportunities.

“The West holds tremendous opportunity for JLL to expand ourindustrial property management services and best serve our clients,and we're very pleased to welcome Mark into that process,”says Dan Pufunt, JLL president of propertymanagement. “Mark has an outstanding reputation and a broadknowledge base that spans leasing, investment and management. Thisgives us unprecedented capacity in the western states and a greatpartner to help advance our national business developmentstrategy.”

“We are equally pleased to have Mark headquartered out of ourPhoenix office,” says Dennis Desmond, seniormanaging director and head of the JLL office in Phoenix. “Our localteam has grown exponentially in the last five years. Mark'spresence only adds to that depth of expertise and to thecollaboration we're able to foster with other JLL offices andclients across the west.”