TAMPA, FL—Franklin Street is serious aboutgrowing its office and industrialservices division—and they are making key hires to prove it.Chris Butler and Chad Rupp, twocommercial real estate veterans, have leftJLL to join the firm as managing directors.

Butler and Rupp have been partners for over a decade. The duospecializes in representing national and corporate clients forleasing, management, and strategic planning. They handle multiplemarkets, but their main geographic focus will be central Florida.Butler and Rupp were previously managing directors for JLL'sCentral Florida region, which covers Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville,and parts of the Florida panhandle.

"Chad and Chris are well recognized as two of the best in thebusiness,” says Franklin Street managing partner and CEOAndrew Wright. “I look forward to the great thingsthey will accomplish together using our platform."