Done Deals: Jones Lang LaSalle Names Josh Wrobel as Managing Director in Los Angeles

Monday, September 19, 2011

Jones Lang LaSalle Names Josh Wrobel as Managing Director in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, CA, Sept. 19, 2011 — Jones Lang LaSalle has hired 17-year industry veteran Josh Wrobel (top right photo) as Managing Director in the firm’s Tenant Representation group in Downtown Los Angeles.

“Josh’s experience in working on the principal side of commercial real estate will be invaluable to Jones Lang LaSalle clients,” said Jan Pope (middle left photo), Jones Lang LaSalle’s Southwest Region Market Director. “Downtown Los Angeles is important for our firm as we continue to expand in this market.”

Wrobel comes to Jones Lang LaSalle with a wealth of experience in commercial real estate leasing. Prior to joining Jones Lang LaSalle, he was a vice president at one of the largest owners and operators of office properties in Los Angeles where he was responsible for the leasing of a 10-million-square-foot portfolio.

In the past few years, Wrobel has secured deals with several high profile clients including Southern California Gas Company (375,000 square feet), Latham & Watkins (290,000 square feet), Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (160,000 square feet), Oaktree Capital Management (155,000 square feet), Bank of the West (95,000 square feet), Reed Smith (81,000 square feet) and Morgan Lewis & Bockius (76,000 square feet).

He has also had a history of completing large scale campus developments transactions including Southern California headquarters campuses for Electronic Arts (195,000 square feet) and Western Asset Management (180,000 square feet).

Wrobel earned a Juris Doctorate degree from University of Michigan Law School and a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Claremont McKenna College. He has been actively involved with the Central City Association, Ketchum YMCA on Bunker Hill and the Los Angeles Business Improvement District.