Industry veteran Dennis Borowsky to specialize in representing landlords and tenants throughout SoCal
03 August 2026
News release
03 August 2026
JLL expands retail brokerage team in Southern California
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IRVINE, CALIF., August 3, 2026 –JLL announced today that it has expanded its Southern California retail brokerage business. The firm has hired Southern California retail real estate veteran Dennis Borowsky as Senior Vice President. With his previous experience working inhouse for multiple retail developers as well as working in brokerage, Borowsky will specialize in working with property owners and tenants on their real estate needs in Orange County, Los Angeles and surrounding areas. He will be based in the firm’s Irvine, California office.
With the addition of Borowsky, JLL now oversees leasing of more than 20 million square feet of retail properties in Southern California.
“Retail real estate continues to evolve at a rapid pace, shaped by shifting consumer expectations, new entertainment formats, lifestyle trends, and broader economic forces,” said Chris Wilson, JLL Western U.S. Retail Lead. “Dennis brings a rare combination of experience, insight, and relationships across multiple facets of the industry. He’s exactly the kind of professional who strengthens our Southern California retail brokerage team and positions us for continued growth.”
Borowsky joins JLL with experience in the retail real estate industry. Most recently, he worked at Lockehouse Retail Group where represented retail owners and tenants on their real estate needs in Southern California. Throughout his career, he was worked with premier retail owners including Merlone Geier Partners, Irvine Company Retail Properties, Westrust, J.H. Snyder Company and Donahue Schriber. He is active member of ICSC and is a graduate of California State University, Northridge.
“Throughout my career, I’ve delivered meaningful results for clients across leasing, project management, brokerage, and development,” said Borowsky. “Joining JLL gives me an exceptional platform to elevate that work even further. I’m excited to support clients and colleagues with the full strength of JLL’s resources.”
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JLL (NYSE:JLL) is a leading global commercial real estate services and investment management company with annual revenue of $26.1 billion, operations in over 80 countries and a global workforce of more than 112,000 as of June 30, 2026. For over 200 years, clients have trusted JLL, a Fortune 500® company, to help them confidently buy, build, occupy, manage and invest across a variety of industries and property types, including office, industrial, hotel, multi-family, retail and data center properties. 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 WAY. Powered by rich global datasets and leading technology capabilities, we provide coordinated, end-to-end delivery of real estate services for a broad range of global clients who represent a wide variety of industries. Through LaSalle Investment Management, we invest for clients on a global basis in both private assets and publicly traded real estate securities. For further information, visit jll.com.