Current Responsibilities
With over 25 years of experience in his career, Jon Meisel is a Managing Director & Suburban Tristate Market Director at Jones Lang LaSalle, responsible for the firm’s commercial real estate operations at its 5 offices located in New Jersey, Stamford, Connecticut and Melville, New York.  In the last 5 years, Jones Lang LaSalle progressed from having virtually no presence to establishing and experiencing explosive growth in each of these markets.  Under Jon’s direction, Jones Lang LaSalle has become a major player and is ranked today as a top commercial real estate services provider for the Northern/Central New Jersey, Westchester, New York/Fairfield County, Connecticut, and Long Island office and industrial markets. 

Throughout his career, Jon has represented New Jersey’s leading tenant and landlords, completing over a million s.f. in leasing transactions on their behalf.  He specializes in transactions involving data centers and mission critical facilities, completing several hundred square feet of these deals. 

Recent Career History

• Mr. Meisel joined Jones Lang LaSalle in August, 2004 as an Executive Vice President in the firm’s Brokerage Services group and co-managed its first New Jersey office.  The operations began with only 3 brokers and has grown to 65 office, industrial and investment sales brokers in three New Jersey offices, which are comprised of 500+ professionals and support staff.
• Jon was appointed Managing Director & NJ Market Director in 2008 and became responsible for managing the firm’s New Jersey operations. 
• In 2009, Jon was appointed to Suburban Tristate Market Director, responsible for managing the Stamford, Connecticut office and the new Melville, New York (Long Island) office, which was established in 2010.  Under his leadership, these offices have grown to over 100 professionals and support staff. 
• In this new role, Jon has sole oversight of all JLL business activity in the Tristate suburban region, integrating the firm’s local, national and global platforms to better serve its clients. Through his direction, the firm’s Tristate suburban operations have experienced significant growth and profitability.

Experience
Prior to joining Jones Lang LaSalle, Mr. Meisel worked for Cushman & Wakefield of New Jersey, Inc. for 18 years.  During this period, Jon completed several hundred office lease transactions, ranging in size from 1,200 square feet to 450,000 square feet.

• He represented both local developers and major institutional landlords such as Digital Realty Trust, Prudential, Wells REIT and TIAA throughout New Jersey. 
• His noteworthy tenant representation assignments include Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Travelers, State Street Bank, XEROX, Sprint and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Having specialized in mission-critical data centers, Mr. Meisel has been invited to speak on the topic several times by such prominent institutions as the New Jersey Appraisal Institute in Princeton, New Jersey; a Fulcrum Program in Washington D.C.; and most recently as a panelist at the Datacenter Dynamics event in Manhattan in 2009. He attributes his engineering background as the basis for his success.

Education and Affiliations
Mr. Meisel, an Essex County resident, graduated from Villanova University with a BSME. To further his real estate knowledge, he has successfully completed several CCIM real estate courses (CCIM 101, 201, 3091 and 407) and serves on the nominating committee for the Regional Business Partnership in Newark.  Jon has received his certificate in training for Federal Real Property Lease Law.  He has completed his green belt in Sigma Six training and recently became LEED AP certified for Corporate Interiors.

Awards

• In 2005 and 2006, Jon was named by Real Estate New Jersey as a Real Estate All Star.
• He was also recognized as a 2006 NJ Power Broker by CoStar; 2006 Broker of the Year by the Newark Regional Business Partnership; as well as received honors by Mack-Cali for most transactions by an individual or a team. 
• Under his leadership, Jones Lang LaSalle was recognized by the New Jersey Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), for the firm’s contribution to the commercial real estate industry in New Jersey, receiving the 2010 Chairman’s Award. 
• In 2010, NJBiz’s annual Real Estate Report named Jon the 26th most influential real estate professional in New Jersey.

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