JLL has appointed James Jorgensen to Head of Logistics and Industrial - Victoria as it announced a new-look industrial team. 

JLL Head of Industrial & Logistics – Australia, Peter Blade said Mr Jorgensen’s appointment was a key role in the newly structured Victorian industrial team working alongside Ben Hegerty, Head of Logistics & Industrial, Capital Markets – Australia. 

Mr Jorgensen previously headed up CBRE’s industrial team, a position he held for 4 years. He was at CBRE for a total of 13 years, where he was a market leading agent in the Victorian industrial market.  

“I am excited to be joining JLL at this time to further develop the industrial platform, which includes our leasing team along with our Industrial Capital Markets and Industrial Occupier Services businesses. 

“The leaders of these departments share a vision that there is a better and more collaborative way of doing things for the future. We are now tasked with the exciting responsibility to deliver on this vision, which will give our clients a superior level of service and our teams a more connected culture, which will ultimately result in sustained success,” he said.  

Mr Blade said: “James has extensive experience in the Victorian property market, where he is highly regarded as a market leading agent and building and running successful agency teams. 

“He will continue to focus on providing transactional advice to facilitate negotiations and enable optimal outcomes for occupiers and property owners, whilst driving a market leading team. 

“Ben Hegerty joined the team earlier this year with a wealth of experience ranging from working with developers, investors and asset managers, to occupiers, including tenants and owner occupiers from all industries,” Mr Blade said.

Additional new appointments to the team also being announced include:

Joel Scully, Director, Logistics and Industrial Capital Markets (National) 

Lachlan Ferguson, Director, Logistics and Industrial (VIC)

Jack Kelliher, Director, Logistics and Industrial Capital Markets (National) 

Ned Murphy, Senior Executive, Logistics & Industrial (VIC) 

JLL Victoria Managing Director Craig Shute said, “We have built a strong team of 21 market leading industrial specialists in Melbourne that will continue to provide strong expertise and services to our clients across the industrial sector, which continues to be an attractive asset class to investors.”