JLL Named Top Property Services Group at API Awards"

JLL, a leading professional services firm that specialises in real estate and investment management, has been


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JLL Named Top Property Services Group at API Awards"
Peter Harris (Right)


JLL, a leading professional services firm that specialisesin real estate and investment management, has been named the Top Property Services Group at the 6th AnnualAfrica Property Investment (API) Awards 2022. The firmwas awarded for its achievements including technology innovation, sustainability, and successful

diversification and execution of deals and services acrossthe real estate sector over the past 12 months.

During that period, the company has worked across allmajor real estate services and sectors on the African continent, including Capital Markets, comprising investment sales, debt and financing arrangements; Leasing – full-service brokerage between tenant and landlords; Property and Facility Management Management and outsourcing of properties and realestate portfolios. JLL has also been involved in Advisoryand Consulting  workplace strategy, technology services,valuations, consulting, and advisory.

"Having the range and depth of expertise within JLL Africaas the only independently and fully owned global playeron the continent is a tremendous asset," said Peter Harris,JLL’s Co-CEO for sub-Saharan Africa and Maghreb. “We are deeply honoured to have received this award. It hasreaffirmed our conviction that with this level of regionalexpertise and global insight, we can positively contributeto the future of Real Estate in Africa."

The company has also undertaken Project & DevelopmentServices  Design and management of real estateprojects including fit out services, as well as researchacross sectors and regions in Africa. JLL delivered theseservices across 30 countries on the African continent inthe last 12 months.

The API peer-to-peer awards were established torecognize and promote excellence in Africa’s rising realestate sector and have become a critical benchmark formeasuring success for the industry.

JLL prides itself on being able to deliver at scale to bothmultinational clients with large footprints, as well as localclients. In the past 12 months, the company completed75 assets and

 

executed $490 million capital markets transactions bydeal value.This included advising on the largestintegrated logistics facility ever in Africa (DSV logisticsfacility in Pomona, Johannesburg) at the start of 2022.Another standout was taking to market a 62-assetportfolio comprising

retail, office, and industrial assets to market on behalf ofSouth Africa's largest pension funds; 311’000 squaremetres leased on the continent. JLL’s Hotels &Hospitality Group has been ranked as the leading hotel investment sales advisor since 2015.This was again achieved in 2021.

Sustainability is a core pillar of “Beyond”, JLL’s strategicvision to position and equip it to always provideconsistent, best-in-class service to its clients, and to drivestrong and profitable

long-term growth to the benefit of all its stakeholders. Insupport of this, the company has invested significantlyinto its sustainability products and services and theupskilling of its staff. The company’s determination to beat the forefront of our industry is best illustrated throughits ambitious NetZero Carbon target. In 2021, theScience Based Targets Initiative (SBTi)

certified the company’s existing target to its new Net-ZeroStandard, placing JLL among a select group of companiesto align its net-zero commitments with climate science.

The company also implemented a South African ledDesign and Build Sustainability Code and rolled it out on all client projects – the first of its kind.The easy-to-use app allows input of project data and tracking of sustainabilitymarkers throughout the build lifespan. JLL also hostedAfrica’s first ESG and hospitality investment forum andmoved its Johannesburg headquarters to a fullysustainable green rated building.


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