This article is from the Australian Property Journal archive
GLOBAL real estate firm JLL has celebrated 60 years in Australia, debuting down under in 1958 – two years after television was introduced in the country and cassette tapes were not even invented yet.
JLL opened its first office in Sydney, as Jones Lang Wootton, then Jones Lang LaSalle and now JLL.
In the past six decades, the Australian directors expanded into Asia Pacific from the Australian base and the regional business, which now operates in 16 countries, out of nearly 100 office locations with 37,000 employees – including 3,000 in Australia.
JLL Australia CEO Stephen Conry said JLL’s growth story is phenomenal.
“We can credit a great many people for the success of our firm in Australia and its impressive growth. Starting with the London partners who voted that an Australian business be established 60 years ago, to the pioneers who forged the way, to the leaders of the business over the years, to our valued clients who have supported us, to all our employees past and present. I thank everyone for contributing to making JLL into the strong dynamic firm it is today.
“Together we have achieved so much. And even with 60 years of history under our belt, we are only just getting started. Our next step in the journey is to keep growing and diversifying our Australian business, but also to continue to lead in property technology along the way.
“The growth of our firm in Australia just over the past 10 years alone has been enormous, thanks to diversifying our business with a number of mergers & acquisitions and expansion into new sectors, but continuing to keep a strong focus on our core business. All this has led to eight consecutive years of record revenue and profit performance for the Australian business,” Conry said.
Australian Property Journal
