Jones Lang LaSalle has announced that James Brown is to join the firm in the autumn as its new head of EMEA retail research and consultancy. Brown is currently UK director of research at Grosvenor. Prior to Grosvenor he was head of retail research at UK-based property advisors DTZ and Donaldsons.

Jones Lang LaSalle has announced that James Brown is to join the firm in the autumn as its new head of EMEA retail research and consultancy. Brown is currently UK director of research at Grosvenor. Prior to Grosvenor he was head of retail research at UK-based property advisors DTZ and Donaldsons.

Brown's appointment comes a year after JLL's previous head of EMEA retail research, Neville Moss, left the company. Moss recently joined CB Richard Ellis as head of its EMEA retail research team.