HBJ commercial real estate Heavy Hitters jump ship to Savills’ Houston office

Three top commercial real estate experts — including two past recipients of Houston Business Journal’s Heavy Hitter designation — have joined the Houston office of New York-based Savills Inc.

Two of those joining Savills were previously with the Houston office of Chicago-based JLL (NYSE: JLL).

Garrold Parratt joins the firm as executive managing director, while Lesa Nickelson French joins as corporate managing director, according to a news release from Savills.

The group moving to Savills…