Dennis Desmond

  • Managing director, Jones Lang Lasalle
  • Born in Chicago
  • Attended Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles), where he received a BS in personal and industrial relations
  • Married to wife, Kathleen, for 38 years
  • Dennis Desmond has been with JLL for 2 years; has been in commercial real estate for more than 30 years

Responsibilities
Dennis Desmond leads the investment sales practice within the Capital Markets Group of Jones Lang LaSalle’s Phoenix office, specializing in office investment sales for institutional clients and private owners of real estate.

Favorites
SPORTS TEAM: Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox
ACTIVITIES: Baseball games and time with my grand kids.
DESTINATIONS: I’m Irish, so Ireland tops my list. My favorite spots are Kinsale and Dingle. Both are small, picturesque coastal seaport cities.

What did you think you’d be when you were growing up?:
A major league center fielder. My goal was to play in Yankee Stadium. I fell a little short — played minor league ball for two years for the Coos Bay/ North Bend A’s.

What accomplishment are you especially proud of?:
Our children (son, Ryan, 34; daughter, Megan, 32). They are wonderful people.

What would people be surprised to know about you?
I’m a two-time cancer survivor of Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. I was diagnosed 15 years ago and told there was no cure. My advice to others: “Enjoy every day.” Desmond also served 8 years as a special agent in the U.S. Secret Service. In between protection assignments, he investigated forged U.S. Savings Bonds and worked in Washington, D.C., during Watergate.

For more information on Dennis Desmond at Jones Lang Lasalle, visit Jones Lang Lasalle’s website at joneslanglasalle.com.

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