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Callahan and McHugh join JLL as senior VPs

Jones Lang LaSalle said that Brendan Callahan and John McHugh have joined the company as senior vice presidents in the Leasing Group. Callahan will continue to focus on representing and advising local and national tenants in the leasing of commercial real estate. Prior to joining JLL, he was a senior vice president with UGL Equis in their NYC and Boston offices where he was responsible for handling national accounts and local real estate transactions. He brings over 16 years of real estate experience and has completed transactions in all major U.S. markets as well as global assignments. McHugh will specialize in representing and advising landlords and tenants in the Metrowest marketplace. Previously, he was a vice president of the brokerage groups of Meredith & Grew and Trammell Crow Co. McHugh began his, career at Leggat McCall/Grubb & Ellis 14 years ago.  Since then he has worked with landlords such as Equity Office Properties, Principal Financial and Alexandria Real Estate Equities as well as tenants from the financial services, healthcare, high tech and legal industries. McHugh is a member of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board, CoreNet and the University of MassAlumni Association.
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