NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hightower, a leading leasing management platform for the commercial real estate industry, today announced that global commercial real estate services provider JLL (NYSE:JLL) has selected Hightower as an enterprise-level provider of leasing management technology.

This multi-year agreement enables JLL brokers to access real-time insights and powerful analytics that drive smarter real estate decisions in many contexts ranging from immediate leasing transactions to global portfolio planning. Hightower enhances the productivity of JLL professionals, while also improving client service delivery; the platform enables each user through powerful features such as centralized deal tracking, lease analysis, and automated client reporting, available online or via the Hightower mobile apps.

“Hightower’s intuitive platform allows our teams to work smarter and faster for our clients, and keep all relevant data in one place, while accessing broader insights and analytics,” observes Jay Koster, JLL Group Head, Americas Capital Markets and Investor Services. “I’m pleased that JLL has now recognized the value of the Hightower platform across the enterprise.”

Founded in 2013, Hightower provides web-based software that helps commercial brokers and owners more effectively manage the end to end process of leasing commercial real estate – reaching prospects, converting prospects to tenants, and managing overall portfolio performance. The platform brings today’s disparate data and activities onto a single interface that is intuitive, collaborative and accessible from any device.

“JLL is an enormously respected name in this industry,” said Brandon Weber, CEO of Hightower. “We look forward to supporting their thousands of distinguished professionals with our leasing management platform.”

About Hightower

Hightower is a leading end-to-end leasing management platform for the commercial real estate industry. Hightower helps owners and brokers save time, improve visibility, and reduce risk in their portfolio. Founded in 2013, Hightower has thousands of customers from around the world using its platform, with enterprise customers including JLL, Invesco, Exeter, Vornado, CBRE, NGKF, Beacon Capital, Shorenstein and more.

About JLL

JLL (NYSE:JLL) is a professional services and investment management firm offering specialized real estate services to clients seeking increased value by owning, occupying and investing in real estate. A Fortune 500 company with annual fee revenue of $5.2 billion and gross revenue of $6.0 billion, JLL has more than 230 corporate offices, operates in more than 80 countries and has a global workforce of more than 60,000. On behalf of its clients, the firm provides management and real estate outsourcing services for a property portfolio of 4.0 billion square feet, or 372 million square meters, and completed $138 billion in sales, acquisitions and finance transactions in 2015. Its investment management business, LaSalle Investment Management, has $56.4 billion of real estate assets under management. JLL is the brand name, and a registered trademark, of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated. For further information, visit www.jll.com.