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04/14/2025 | Press release | Archived content

JLL ranked as the top commercial/multifamily debt originator in 2024

CHICAGO, Apr. 14, 2025 - JLL (NYSE: JLL) has been ranked as the leading commercial / multifamily debt originator by volume, according to year-end 2024 data compiled by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). This is the 12th year that JLL (combined with predecessor firm HFF) has been ranked as the top originator.

In 2024, JLL arranged $73.9 billion in 1,745 total debt originations. Along with being ranked as the top originator by volume overall, JLL was also the number one originator for banks, insurance companies, debt fund originations, multifamily, retail, industrial, first lien financings and seconds/mezzanine/preferred equity structures.

"We're deeply appreciative of our clients who, despite ongoing market fluctuations, continue to rely on our expertise to navigate the ever-evolving capital markets landscape," said Trey Morsbach, Executive Managing Director and co-head of JLL's Debt and Equity Advisory platform. "This achievement also highlights the dedication and teamwork of our JLL colleagues, who consistently go above and beyond to deliver exceptional results for our clients in today's complex economic environment."

JLL advised on numerous landmark debt and equity advisory transactions in 2024, including a $735 million refinancing for the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotel in Orlando, Florida; a $577.625 million SASB financing for a 25-property, 10-state industrial portfolio; a $484 million refinancing for the GENESIS Marina life sciences campus in California; $344.2 million in agency lending for a 47-property seniors housing portfolio across 14 states; $290 million in construction financing for the Parkside Uptown office development in Dallas, Texas; a $290 million recapitalization for a residential skyscraper in Brooklyn, New York; and a $191 million loan for the Fenton mixed-use project in Cary, North Carolina.

JLL's Capital Markets group is a full-service global provider of capital solutions for real estate investors and occupiers. The group's in-depth local market and global investor knowledge delivers the best-in-class solutions for clients - whether investment sales and advisory, debt advisory, equity advisory or a recapitalization. The firm has more than 3,000 Capital Markets specialists worldwide with offices in nearly 50 countries.

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About JLL

For over 200 years, JLL (NYSE: JLL), a leading global commercial real estate and investment management company, has helped clients buy, build, occupy, manage and invest in a variety of commercial, industrial, hotel, residential and retail properties. A Fortune 500® company with annual revenue of $23.4 billion and operations in over 80 countries around the world, our more than 112,000 employees bring the power of a global platform combined with local expertise. Driven by our purpose to shape the future of real estate for a better world, we help our clients, people and communities SEE A BRIGHTER WAYSM. JLL is the brand name, and a registered trademark, of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated. For further information, visit jll.com.