JLL has hired Matt Picken to lead the firm’s Capital Markets platform in Canada. Picken joins the team as a managing director and will be based out of JLL’s Toronto office.
The company says Picken is charged with broadening the firm’s client service offerings, including investment sales and advisory, structured finance and debt and equity across Canada. “Picken will grow and manage the local Greater Toronto Area’s Capital Markets practice, sourcing and executing transactions within the region while providing oversight and assistance to JLL’s Capital Markets professionals across the country,” says JLL in a news release.
“Matt is one of the most respected investment sales experts in the country and brings immediate relevance and cache to our growing Capital Markets business,” says Brett Miller, president of JLL Canada.
Picken comes to JLL from Brookfield Financial, bringing over 16 years of experience in real estate investment sales. He’s been involved in more than $6 billion in transactions since 1999. Prior to Brookfield, Picken worked as a vice president at RBC Capital Markets Real Estate Group and currently sits on the Board of Directors for Toronto NAIOP, for which he was the chapter president in 2014.
Jenny Daly
In addition, the firm has hired Jenny Daly as a vice president with JLL’s Capital Markets in Toronto. She has 10 years of experience in real estate advisory, brokerage and appraisal services. Prior to joining JLL, Daly worked on the investment brokerage team at Brookfield Financial, where she was involved in the underwriting and marketing of office, industrial and retail investment properties, as well as residential and mixed use development land. Daly also worked at a boutique appraisal firm in Toronto, where she focused on appraisal and consultancy projects involving all classes of commercial real estate.
