HFF announced today that a seven-person capital markets team led by Mary Sullivan and John Jugl has joined the firm's Denver office. The team, formerly of Jones Lang LaSalle, will focus on capital markets transactions in the office, industrial and retail sectors.

Mary Sullivan joins HFF as a senior managing director with more than 30 years of industry experience. She has been involved in the sale of nearly 40 million square feet valued at more than $7.5 billion throughout the United States and has held positions at CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield and Trammell Crow Co. Sullivan is on the board of directors of BBVA Compass Bank, is a board member of the University of Colorado Real Estate Foundation and is a trustee at Regis Jesuit High School. She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado.

John Jugl, who has both a real estate and investment banking background, joins HFF as a senior managing director. Jugl has held positions at Liberty-Greenfield, LLLP and George K. Baum & Company prior to joining Jones Lang LaSalle. He has an MBA from the University of Colorado and a bachelor's degree from the University of Connecticut.

Additional team members joining Sullivan and Jugl are two real estate analysts, a junior producer, a graphics specialist and an administrative assistant.

"Sullivan and Jugl are one of the most highly respected and successful teams in the Denver market and as such, they will be a tremendous asset to HFF's Denver office as well as to our existing and future clients in the Rocky Mountain region and beyond," said Jody Thornton, executive managing director in HFF's Dallas office and member of the firm's executive committee. "HFF's goal, with every office that we open, is to strategically build-out the full platform of services and product specializations by hiring and retaining associates who have the highest ethical standards and the best reputation in the industry."

"The addition of Mary and John to the Denver office, along with our existing team members, provides our clients with local specialists for all investment sales product types; multifamily, office, retail, and industrial; in addition to our debt placement, equity placement and loan sales specialists. We continue to seek additional production specialists in all disciplines," said Eric Tupler, senior managing director and office head of HFF's Denver office.

HFF (Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P.) and HFFS (HFF Securities L.P.) are owned by HFF, Inc. (NYSE: HF). HFF operates out of 21 offices nationwide and is a leading provider of commercial real estate and capital markets services to the U.S. commercial real estate industry. HFF together with its affiliate HFFS offer clients a fully integrated national capital markets platform including debt placement, investment sales, advisory services, equity placement, loan sales, and commercial loan servicing. www.hfflp.com.

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Jody Thornton, (214) 265-0880
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Eric Tupler, (303) 515-8000
Senior Managing Director
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