POWER BROKERS: JLL

Seven JLL agents from the company's Tampa office were recognized for their work in 2015, and the 19-broker firm also was listed among the top leasing firms in the market.

The firm's Deana Beer, Sharon Bragg, Caleb Lewis, James Moler and Bryan Rodriguez snagged five of 10 spots in the office leasing category, and Bob Alter and John Dunphy were awarded top industrial leasing honors.

Beer completed 25 deals totaling 157,664 square feet in 2015, including representing, with Bragg, the owner of the Beaumont Business Center in a headquarters deal with DDS Lab.
Bragg, meanwhile, logged 19 deals for 240,515 square feet, including a six-figure lease with Citigroup at 8800 Hidden River Parkway.

Alter, who works as part of a four-person team, completed more than 50 deals totaling 1.56 million square feet, with Coca-Cola Refreshments, Stryker Sustainability Solutions and Tesinc LLC, among others.

“There was significant pent-up demand last year,” Alter says. “Combined with some delays in company decisions and little increase in inventory, the Tampa market really seemed to hit a stride.”

Moler did 40 deals totaling 427,188 square feet, and 50% were new transactions, not renewals. Dunphy completed 58 deals for a transactional volume of $72 million, with Coca-Cola Refreshments, Raytheon and Xcelience, among others.

For their part, Lewis executed 27 deals totaling 220,000 square feet, while Rodriguez's 44 deals totaling 488,452 square feet.