News release

Lucia Hedke joins JLL as a managing director for healthcare tenant representation

The addition represents a key executive hire given her trajectory serving the Washington, DC-Maryland-Virginia region, and her expertise in the healthcare sector as she will expand her role to serve the Florida market

November 30, 2022

Jessica Wozniak

Agency Leasing and Markets PR
+1 312-288-3950

ORLANDO, Nov.30, 2022 – JLL announces the hiring of Lucia F. Hedke, a leading executive with two decades of experience in tenant representation, as a Managing Director. In this role, Hedke will continue to serve her roster of clients in the Washington, DC-Maryland-Virginia (DMV) market, while expanding her focus to support JLL’s plans to grow its healthcare business across Florida.

With 20 years of experience in the real estate industry and track-record as a top producer, Hedke has served clients that range from global medical and healthcare companies to professional services firms and international organizations. Over her extensive career, she has represented companies such as Alliance for American Manufacturing, UN’s World Food Programme, Medtronic and Smith+Nephew. 

Hedke has established a credible reputation in representing clients in the healthcare industry that will enable her to utilize JLL’s deep platform of services and resources in support of current and future clients as the firm focuses on expanding its healthcare-related client base in Florida, which has one of the fastest growing populations in the country and is home to leading healthcare systems and institutions. 

“Given Lucia’s decades of diverse experience serving businesses from large corporations to government organizations and non-profits, her hiring represents a key addition to our talented team,” said LaShawn Bates, JLL’s Market Director for North and Central Florida. “The healthcare sector continues to be a key area of focus for the Florida region and with Lucia’s trajectory in the DMV market, we have a unique opportunity to leverage her expertise and network to continue serving her existing clients, while helping JLL to build its healthcare-focused tenant representation business.”  

Prior to joining JLL, Hedke served as a principal at Cresa, where she spent more than 10 years providing tenant representation services. Serving as a partner to her clients, her responsibilities included performing site selection, economic and space programming efficiency analysis, negotiating purchases, leases and subleases, and supporting clients in key real estate decisions including expansions and consolidations. From 2016 to 2019, she also served as an integral member of the firm’s Emerging Leadership Council.

Hedke is a member of the Commercial Real Estate Brokerage Association of Greater Washington, DC (CREBA), and also serves on the board of directors for The Finance and Administration Roundtable.


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