JLL names Houston lead

Houston — JLL announced it has expanded its retail capabilities into Houston with the addition of Mark Raines as a senior VP. Partnering with Dallas retail brokerage lead Clay Smith and Austin and San Antonio market lead Todd Wallace, Raines will focus on JLL’s retail business including tenant representation and agency leasing and will serve as Houston’s retail brokerage leader.

Raines joins JLL from a competing global brokerage firm, where he specialized in retail brokerage services for national, regional and entrepreneurial tenants in the greater Houston area.