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NEW YORK, NY - August 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jones Lang LaSalle data demonstrates the groundwork has been laid for Lower Manhattan’s next great transformation 10 years past the September 11 tragedy. Having weathered a volatile economy and ongoing cycles of recovery, rebuilding and consolidation, Lower Manhattan is poised to capture demand not witnessed since the beginning of the previous century. According to Jones Lang LaSalle’s report, “Lower Manhattan 10 Years Later,” although the historic district remains the home of Wall Street, local government, professional services, media and technology firms will occupy a greater share of Lower Manhattan office space going forward.

NEW YORK, NY - August 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Children’s Museum of the Arts (CMA) will open its new, expanded space at 103 Charlton Street on Oct. 1, 2011. The 10,000-square-foot former loading dock, located in the Hudson Square neighborhood west of SoHo, will triple the museum’s size and enable it to dramatically expand its arts programming.

New York , NY - August 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rose Associates, Inc. recently signed a 15-year lease with Potbelly at the Metropolis, a property located at 150 East 44th Street in Manhattan. The popular sandwich maker is now open and operating in the 2,462-square-foot space, which was formerly occupied by Benvenuto Café and is adjacent to a Chipotle restaurant.

NEW YORK, NY - August 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jones Lang LaSalle has completed a lease renewal and expansion for ABN AMRO Holdings USA LLC with SL Green Realty Corp. at 100 Park Avenue. The bank signed an 11-year lease for a total of 32,259 square feet at the 825,815-square-foot, Class A office building.

CHICAGO, LONDON, SINGAPORE - August 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jones Lang LaSalle’s new Global Market Perspective, which assesses the impact of economic forces on the world’s major real estate markets quarterly, reveals that despite some economic uncertainties global real estate markets have continued on a resilient recovery path during the second quarter.

CHICAGO, IL - July 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels today reported that the volume of hotel investment transactions that closed in the Americas market in the first six months of 2011 reached $7.4 billion—a robust increase of approximately 180 percent on the same prior-year period. The numbers represent preliminary totals from Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels’ Hotel Investment Highlights Americas report due to be released later this month. The firm’s research tracks hotel asset transactions in excess of $10 million, and excludes note sales, recapitalizations and foreclosures.

NEW YORK, NY - July 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jones Lang LaSalle has completed a new direct lease for building owner Eastgate Realty with Cerberus Capital Management LP at 875 Third Avenue. The private investment firm signed a 10-year lease for 110,000 square feet at the Class A, 720,000-square-foot office building.

NEW YORK, NY - July 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin & Company LLP signed a 15-year renewal for 44,851 square feet at the Class A, 457,250-square-foot office building.

NEW YORK, NY - July 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jones Lang LaSalle has been selected by the Italian Trade Commission to market 33 East 67th Street, once known as the Hugh D. Auchincloss House. Constructed originally as a townhouse, the five-story mansion is located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and serves as the home of the ITC.

CHICAGO, IL - July 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jones Lang LaSalle announced that Gregory Bonsignore has joined the firm as Director, Occupancy Planning in the firm’s Strategic Consulting group to support the firm’s long-term strategy to deliver high-performance solutions to clients within its Corporate Solutions business. In this role, Bonsignore will be responsible for driving innovation and product enhancement within the occupancy planning practice.

New York, NY - July 13, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New York City Chapter of CoreNet Global, the leading professional association for corporate real estate and workplace executives serving multinational companies in the Fortune and Global 1000, will hold a panel discussion on July 28 entitled: World Trade Center: 10 Years Later, Progress and Momentum in Lower Manhattan.

CHICAGO, IL - July 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. office market absorbed more space in the second quarter of 2011 than it had in the previous four quarters, which illustrates a clear sign that the U.S. office market is in a full recovery. In the second quarter of 2011, the U.S. office market achieved the greatest amount of quarterly absorption since the fourth quarter of 2007 with nearly 11 million square feet absorbed during the three months and nearly 14 million square feet absorbed in the first half of 2011, according to Jones Lang LaSalle’s Second Quarter 2011 United States Office Outlook. Jones Lang LaSalle’s quarterly outlook tracks 43 U.S. markets and provides an overview of supply and demand, pricing conditions, a statistical analysis and an outlook on future performance.

NEW YORK, NY - July 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jones Lang LaSalle announced that overall average asking rental rates increased and overall vacancy rates decreased in every building class and every submarket of Manhattan's office market in the second quarter of 2011. Class A buildings in Midtown and Midtown South posted gains in rents while Class B product in both submarkets saw rates fall slightly.

New York, NY - July 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- 184 Kent, the luxury residential rental that opened on Williamsburg’s waterfront one year ago, has recently secured a tenant for 8,000 square feet of ground floor retail space. The space was leased by The River School, a childcare and educational facility that will open at 184 Kent in 2012.

NEW YORK, NY - July 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jones Lang LaSalle has completed a renewal and expansion totaling 18,050 square feet for 650 Fifth Avenue Co. with Integrated Media Solutions LCC at 650 Fifth Avenue. The direct response media and analytics firm signed a renewal transaction for 11,289 square feet and a lease expansion for 6,761 square feet at the Class A, 395,000-square-foot office building.

NEW YORK, NY - June 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jones Lang LaSalle has been selected by RFR Realty LLC as co-leasing agent for 757 Third Avenue. The company will be responsible for assisting the building owner with leasing and marketing efforts at the 27-floor, 457,250-square-foot, Class A office building.

NEW YORK, NY - June 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jones Lang LaSalle has completed a new direct lease for GuardHill Financial Corp. with Boston Properties Inc. at 140 East 45th Street, also known as 2 Grand Central Tower. The mortgage banker and brokerage firm signed at 10-year lease for 16,350 square feet at the Class A, 667,000-square-foot office building.

NEW YORK, NY - June 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Giles Wrench, who heads the international desk for Jones Lang LaSalle in New York, has been promoted to international director. He joins the firm’s select group of international directors who are recognized for delivering exceptional results for clients and driving the firm’s growth

NEW YORK, NY - June 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jones Lang LaSalle represented Starr Hill Presents, a sister company of Red Light Management, in arranging a summer music festival at Bader Field in Atlantic City. The three-day music festival is the first stop for the Dave Matthews Band Caravan and the event will take place from June 24 to June 26.

New York, NY - June 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Underberg will continue to represent major developers and educational and charitable institutions in New York and throughout the country in the acquisition and assemblage of large tracts for the development of shopping centers, office buildings, hotels, and other commercial and educational projects.

NEW YORK, NY - June 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jones Lang LaSalle has completed a lease extension for Hunts Point Terminal Produce Cooperative Association Inc. with the City of New York. The world’s largest produce market inked a three-year lease extension for 660,000 square feet of warehouse space on 107 acres of land in the Bronx.

CHICAGO, IL - June 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Uncertainty surrounding healthcare reform, a constrained capital environment and intense cost-containment demands represent the triple threat that put healthcare growth and construction on life support for the past several years. But since early 2011, improved liquidity in the capital markets and an increasing desire to enact a thoughtful, well-planned approach to meeting future demands are producing new signs of life, according to Jones Lang LaSalle’s Healthcare Solutions group and its Healthcare Real Estate Spring Outlook

May 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz of the Beastie Boys served as host and DJ for the Children's Museum of the Arts’ Family Benefit and Concert on Sunday, May 22, at Webster Hall, 125 East 11th Street, in Manhattan.

NEW YORK, May 26, 2011 — For the first time in nearly two years, corporate occupiers are moving away from short-term tactical real estate plays exclusively centered on delivering sizeable cost savings in favor of a strategic, long-term approach to growth, according to Jones Lang LaSalle’s First Quarter 2011 National Office Occupier Outlook. Though it is not yet widespread, an increase in office space demand was recorded in the first quarter in select market segments with particular concentrations of growth industries such as technology, energy and professional services.

NEW YORK, NY - May 24, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- On behalf of Morgans Hotel Group, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels today announced the sale of the Morgans and Royalton Hotels in New York. FelCor Lodging Trust purchased the two hotels for $140 million. Leading the Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels team on this transaction was Executive Vice President Jeffrey Davis with Vice President Gilda Perez-Alvarado.

CHICAGO, IL - May 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- For the fourth consecutive time, Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE: JLL) has been recognized as the best overall provider of corporate real estate services by the Watkins 2011 Survey of Corporate Real Estate Service Providers. Of the 23 providers evaluated by the largest users of commercial real estate services, Jones Lang LaSalle was rated #1 overall and in several key categories, including use of cutting-edge technology, financial strength, reputation, and geographic scope.

CHICAGO, LONDON, SINGAPORE - May 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jones Lang LaSalle’s second quarter 2011 Global Market Perspective, which assesses the impact of economic forces on the world’s major real estate markets, predicts this year will be the strongest performance and real estate trade volume since the market height of 2007.

CHICAGO, LONDON and SINGAPORE - May 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jones Lang LaSalle, a leading global real estate services firm, has been named a lead sponsor to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Cities program to improve environmental sustainability in the world’s largest cities, and thereby enhance their economic viability.

New York, NY - May 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz of the Beastie Boys will serve as host and DJ for the Children's Museum of the Arts’ Family Benefit and Concert on Sunday, May 22, at Webster Hall, 125 East 11th Street, in Manhattan.

MELVILLE, NY - May 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Jones Lang LaSalle announced the Long Island office market demonstrated signs of recovery in the first quarter of 2011. The market’s improving fundamentals were led by Nassau County, which posted a considerable drop in vacancy rates and a slight increase in average asking rental rates in all property types. Suffolk County’s office market remained steady, with Class A properties recording a drop in vacancy rates and a minor increase in rents.