Chicago, IL-based Vestian, a global commercial real estate solutions firm that serves only occupiers, has established a Sun Belt hub with the opening of an office in Tampa, FL. Joe McLaughlin has been named executive managing director and assigned to lead the Tampa office’s operation.

“The establishment of the Tampa office, where our growing local client roster is comprised of national clients occupying over one million square feet of office space, is a direct result of meeting the needs of our clients so we can continue to help them make informed real estate decisions in an ever-changing and dynamic real estate landscape,” stated McLaughlin, who has a 20-year commercial real estate career and has completed more than one million square feet of transactions.

Vestian reports seeing a need for tenants to be fairly and transparently represented, especially in Tampa, one of the nation’s busiest and most important industrial and port regions.