The Power Broker

Lisa Kiell has inked deals for Cisco Systems, Microsoft and BBC

The Number Cruncher: The JLL Powerhouse on Her BBC Deal

When the British Broadcasting Corporation began its search for new office space for the executive and sales staff in Manhattan last year, its focus was on finding space that had a newsroom feel, free of the labyrinthine private offices and barriers so common among law firms, doctors’ offices and corporate accounting firms.

Like the bullpen made famous by Mayor Bloomberg, the company envisioned a Manhattan office with open space that would inspire transparency and collaboration while eschewing privacy. Read More