JLL adds top office and life sciences/R&D advisory teams in Chicago

CHICAGO, October 12, 2026 — JLL (NYSE: JLL) announced today that Kyle Kamin, Vice Chairman; Dan Lyne, Vice Chairman; Jon Milonas, Executive Managing Director; Brandon Green, Senior Vice President; Abigail McFadyen, Senior Vice President; and Joe Davis, Director of Transactions, have joined the firm’s Chicago office from CBRE, effective immediately. The team is among the most accomplished office and life sciences/R&D advisory practices in the country, with more than 75 million square feet of transactions valued at over $50 billion for occupiers, developers and institutional investors.

The group advises technology, legal, life sciences, financial and professional services clients, as well as major universities, governments and nonprofits. Its portfolio includes the development and leasing of Fulton Labs, Hyde Park Labs and Evanston Labs.
Kamin, one of CBRE’s top producers since joining that firm in 1999, represented Google in its market-making relocation to Fulton Market in 2015 and in its 2022 purchase of the Thompson Center, the largest occupier acquisition of an office building in Chicago history. Milonas recently advised Morningstar on its lease at the same building, the largest downtown office lease signed in 2026.

Lyne has spent his career at the intersection of technology, lab/R&D and economic development. He co-founded 1871, Chicago’s digital startup hub; helped launch the healthcare innovation incubator MATTER; and was on the founding team at World Business Chicago. He has been the lead advisor on Trammell Crow’s lab developments throughout the region.

“This team represents best-in-class client service and the right fit to amplify JLL’s culture and commitment to the Chicago market,” said Todd Mintz, vice chairman and market lead of Chicago’s office tenant representation practice. “These professionals helped define this city’s commercial landscape over the last several decades and brought an entirely new asset class to Chicagoland. Their ability to advise both occupiers and developers gives them a perspective few in the market can match.”

“Chicago sets the standard for what a truly integrated office and life sciences market can be, and JLL has long been at its center,” said Karen Brennan, CEO, Leasing Advisory, JLL. “Adding Kyle, Dan, Jon and their colleagues deepens our commitment to this market and reflects what our Leasing Advisory business is built to deliver: sophisticated, locally rooted perspective and advice backed by a global platform.”

The team cited JLL’s investment in AI, its growing life sciences and critical facilities platform, and the breadth of its Integrated Project Services as key reasons for the move—capabilities that extend what they can deliver to Chicago companies and developers beyond traditional tenant representation.

"Our Chicago clients deserve a firm that answers to Chicago but has an international footprint to extend their work across all borders. JLL is globally headquartered here and most of its executive leadership sits in this city, which lets us partner with clients commercially and civically," said Kamin. "The technology was the other half of it. JLL's data and analytics platform is unmatched across the industry; it elevates the world-class service we can provide."

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