Jones Lang Acquires Green Rating Group

Jones Lang LaSalle sure has been busy of late. The firm acquired Staubach Co. in June. It bought the Standard Group in December.

Now Jones Lang has purchased a Canadian group that developed its own green ratings system. Does this make it a competitor to the U.S. Green Building Council? Or does this complement that effort?

Also, Reuters analyzed the recent flurry of real estate service firm consolidation.