Franklin Street Woos JLL Florida Vets

March 27, 2015

Franklin Street is serious about growing its office and industrial services division—and they are making key hires to prove it. Chris Butler and Chad Rupp, two commercial real estate veterans, have left JLL to join the firm as managing directors.

Class C Market Grows Tense as Prices Rise

The product’s growing popularity may press buyers to seek yield in riskier markets and assets.

Tampa-Orlando Corridor Is Major Growth Engine

As a cohesive metropolitan region, the Tampa-Orlando Corridor now is as large as the Atlanta metro area, a panelist said at Thursday’s RealShare Central Florida conference here. That portends new opportunities for growth, as the region becomes a prime target for corporate relocations and broader opportunities for commercial real estate that were unheard of before the Great Recession.

Exclusive: Former JLL directors land at Tampa commercial real estate firm

Chris Butler and Chad Rupp have joined Franklin Street as managing directors for the office and industrial services group with a focus on Central Florida.

CMBS Market to Explode in ’15, Broker Says

What does 2015 hold on the capital markets front? That depends, in part, on whom you ask. I asked Greg Matus, regional managing partner of Franklin Street’s South Florida offices, for his quick predictions.