Talking Football for Brokers

JLL held a broker luncheon at Fifth Third Center in Uptown last week to show off the building's large chunk of available space (117k SF), but it was no ordinary broker to-do. JLL executive chairman Roger Staubach joined former Carolina Panthers players Mike Rucker and Wesley Walls for a panel. Fox News reporter Kelli Bartik  moderated, asking questions such as ?What professional football player did you idolize as a child?? and ?What do you think of the Panthers? Cam Newton?? Wesley reflected on how he idolized Roger Staubach so much that he would go out in the front yard and ?be? him when playing with friends. The entire panel also agreed that Cam Newton is one of the most exciting young quarterbacks in pro football.

And of course JLL?s own 1963 Heisman trophy winner, Superbowl VI MVP, and pro football Hall of Famer did a little vacant-space quarterbacking at the event.

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