JLL Strengthens Japan Business With Osaka Hire
Chicago-based real estate firm JLL has hired a 35-year veteran to lead its Osaka office.
JLL has appointed Takeshi Ueda as head of Kansai capital markets and head of Osaka office, according to a statement. He will also become a member of JLL Japan's executive board with responsibility for advising global investors on investment opportunities as well as domestic capital owners for the Kansai area, including Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe.
Ueda has more than 35 years of in investment strategy, development, leasing management, property management, asset management and facility management for domestic office, logistics, commercial facilities, hotels, rental housing and other properties. He previously worked at Kintetsu Real Estate.
Deputy Branch Manager
Ueda will be joined by Tomotaka Kanno as deputy branch manager of JLL’s Osaka office, tasked also with advising domestic clients and investors in Kansai to provide solutions to meet their needs. He was a founding member of the logistics and industrial leasing team in the Kansai area and is currently overseas the team covering the Western part of Japan, including Osaka.
«Global investors have firmly identified Japan commercial real estate as one of the most attractive international asset classes. We see vast potential to advise clients active in Kansai with the strength of JLL’s global investment platform as capital increasingly diversifies to explore opportunities across Japan,» commented Rohit Hemnani, COO, capital markets Asia Pacific at JLL.
