Professional Experience
Jack A. Russo is a Senior Vice President within JLL’s Agency Leasing group in Houston. As a member of this group, Jack represents both institutional and private owners in the marketing and leasing of their office properties. In his role, Jack creates and implements strategic marketing plans, performs financial lease analyses and handles lease negotiations on behalf of his clients, with a focus on aligning their real estate assets with business objectives.
Most recently, Jack lead the team that was awarded the leasing for Howard Hughes’ 4.2MM SF office portfolio in The Woodlands, Texas. A unique take on marketing large-scale, iconic real estate led to the change, and the client is seeing the benefits of this unique strategy first-hand.
Prior to joining JLL in September 2017, Jack was a Vice President at Caldwell Companies, where he handled numerous office leasing assignments for local investors as well as institutional owners. He also represented a variety of other clients on tenant rep transactions, acquisitions and dispositions.
Prior to Caldwell, Jack worked as an energy conservation and building technologies consultant with Siemens. His in depth knowledge of high-performance buildings positions him well as more and more companies evaluate themselves through the ESG lens, of which sustainable real estate practices play a major role.
Select Experience
- The Woodlands Towers (2 buildings)
- 2, 3, and 4 Waterway
- Hughes Landing (7 buildings)
- Beltway Lakes (3 buildings)
- 1885 Saint James Place
- Katy Ranch (2 buildings)
- University Park
- 1500 Citywest
- Heron Lakes (7 buildings)
- Concourse at Westway
- One Bridgeland Green
- Mission Companies’ Ashford Portfolio
- Ashford 5-7
- 1401 Enclave
Education
Bachelor of Science, Industrial Distribution | Texas A&M University
