In a commitment to the South Australian market JLL has recently appointed South Australia Managing Director Ben Parkinson to lead the firm’s Capital Markets. 

The team has also been bolstered by the appointment of Jack O’Leary as Director, Sales & Investments SA within the Capital Markets team. 

JLL’s Head of Capital Markets - Australia, Luke Billiau said Mr Parkinson was expanding his current transactions based role, in addition to his responsibilities as Managing Director, while Mr O’Leary was returning to commercial real estate after gaining experience in the development industry. 

Mr Parkinson was appointed to the role of SA Managing Director nearly four years ago, playing a key role in growing the business to record levels, supporting clients and fostering new markets. 

Mr Billiau said: “Returning to a transaction-based role in our national Capital Markets team role will leverage Ben’s considerable agency and client side experience spanning three state markets across valuations, hotels, capital transactions and retail sales, providing invaluable insights for clients.” 

Mr O’Leary joins JLL from Sarah Constructions where he held the role of  Transactions Manager responsible for sourcing and managing Structured Projects for the business.  He has previously held positions in transaction advisory and started his career in real estate with CBRE as a valuer specialising in investment grade assets. 

Mr Billiau said: “Jack has a strong background in transactions, valuations and commercial advisory roles and we welcome him to the South Australian team.” 

“His extensive commercial property knowledge across various asset types including development land, retail, commercial and industrial assets will strengthen our team, and facilitate growth into the future” Mr Billiau said. 

Mr Parkinson said: “With Jack joining the business we now have the opportunity to provide the whole spectrum of agency services across investments, development sites, retail, hotel and commercial office to our clients.” 

“I am excited to be joining a well-respected transactions team of five people, four of which boast valuation experience. Our clients will no doubt appreciate the teams' insights and attention to detail to generate strong outcomes and provide certainty in a continually evolving market.’ Mr O’Leary said.