Current Responsibilities:
Matt specializes in being a one point of contact (POC) to deliver commercial real estate solutions for companies both locally and globally. He loves building long-lasting relationships with his clients and delivering meaningful results on every transaction. All concessions negotiated for his clients are calculated in the form of savings and cost avoidance following each transaction to ensure measurable value has been created through the execution of each strategy. He specializes in tenant representation, strategy development, relocations, renewals, expansions, dispositions, strategic consulting for merger and acquisition activities, corporate re-structuring for real estate portfolios, national and global real estate consulting, technology advisory, and transaction management. Matt leverages JLL’s technology platform and JLL’s deep bench of resources to create the best solutions for his clients both locally and globally.
Experience:
Matt has 9 years of experience in commercial real estate successfully negotiating more than 350 transactions totaling approx. $675M in client obligations and commitments. He is part of a unique team comprised of his wife Amanda Sanderson, mentor Chad Baker and teammate Lauren Stifflemire. Together their brand is focused on ethics, relationships and results.
Education:
Bachelor of Business Administration | Marketing & Finance | Abilene Christian University
Achievements:
- Gold Achiever Designation, JLL (2021)
- Top Achiever Designation, JLL (2018)
- Rising Star Nominee, NAIOP (2014, 2015)
Affiliations and Community Information:
- JLL’s Houston Mentorship Program, Co-Lead (2018 – current)
- Bayou City Fellowship, Discipleship & Community Group Leader (2016 – 2021)
- Big Brothers Big Sisters Program, Mentor (2009-2017)
- JLL’s Young Guns, Team Lead (2015-Present)
- The Porch Live Houston, Co-director and founder (2015-2016 )
Best Career Advice:
“A good name is more desirable than great riches.”
Select Experience:
- Alliance Residential
- Barclays
- Coca-Cola
- Capgemini
- Cardtronics
- CNOOC (Nexen)
- Energy Transfer
- IADC
- Kirkland & Ellis
- KW International
- Mazda
- PFS Web
- PTW Energy Services
- Quanta Services
- SNC-Lavalin (Atkins Global)
- Southwest Water Company
- STEP Energy Services
- TEAM, Inc.
- Western Container
