DALLAS, Sept. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- First they
helped the world's largest automaker find the place; now they'll
help with the space.
Real estate strategy firm JLL will be Toyota's third partner in
building the company's new North American headquarters in
Plano, Texas. Toyota has already
tapped developer KDC and design firm Corgan. JLL will provide
project management services, helping keep the enormous undertaking
on track and on target.
The firm is quite familiar with the project; it helped Toyota
analyze potential sites before the company closed in on the
Plano plan.
"We are honored to partner with Toyota as they embark on the
development of their new state-of-the-art headquarters in
Plano," says JLL Managing Director
Scott Boer. "We believe the
values and principles our two companies share are a perfect match
and will render an ideal workplace for Toyota and its associates
far into the future."
"We are eager to move forward with the construction of our new
headquarters with an experienced team that has a history of
collaboration, like JLL and KDC," says Doug
Beebe, Toyota Motor Sales, Inc., corporate manager of
Administrative Services. "JLL is a recognized industry leader that
will add tremendous value to our project by providing a single
point of contact to handle the consolidation and development in
Plano."
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Toyota: Javier
Moreno – (469) 292-1027
JLL: Brittany Rugg – (214)
438-6437
About Toyota
Toyota (NYSE:TM), the world's top
automaker and creator of the Prius, is committed to building
vehicles for the way people live through our Toyota, Lexus and
Scion brands. Over the past 50 years, we've built more than
25 million cars and trucks in North
America, where we operate 14 manufacturing plants (10 in the
U.S.) and directly employ more than 40,000 people (more than 32,000
in the U.S.). Our 1,800 North American dealerships (1,500 in
the U.S.) sold more than 2.5 million cars and trucks (more than 2.2
million in the U.S.) in 2013 – and about 80 percent of all Toyota
vehicles sold over the past 20 years are still on the road
today.
Toyota partners with philanthropic organizations across the
country, with a focus on education, safety and the environment. As
part of this commitment, we share the company's extensive know-how
garnered from building great cars and trucks to help community
organizations and other nonprofits expand their ability to do good.
For more information about Toyota,
visit www.toyotanewsroom.com.
About JLL
JLL (NYSE: JLL) is a professional services
and investment management firm offering specialized real estate
services to clients seeking increased value by owning, occupying
and investing in real estate. With annual fee revenue of
$4.0 billion and gross revenue of
$4.5 billion, JLL has more than 200
corporate offices, operates in 75 countries and has a global
workforce of approximately 53,000. On behalf of its clients,
the firm provides management and real estate outsourcing services
for a property portfolio of 3.0 billion square feet, or 280.0
million square meters, and completed $99.0
billion in sales, acquisitions and finance transactions in
2013. Its investment management business, LaSalle Investment
Management, has $50.0 billion of real
estate assets under management. JLL is the brand name, and a
registered trademark, of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated. For
further information, visit www.jll.com.
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