Will Clay

Will Clay

Vice President, Industrial Brokerage Services

Current Responsibilities

Will excels in helping his client’s businesses flourish. As their real estate partner and advisor, he guides them through the complex real estate process so that they can make the best real estate decisions for their business. His guiding principles of empathy, honesty and patience allow him to develop and nourish long-term client relationships.

Specialties

  • Industrial distribution and manufacturing facility leasing
  • End-user representation
  • Land sales for industrial use

Experience

Before joining JLL, Will worked at Endeavor Real Estate Group in Austin, TX, stepping in where needed, working in an office of 70 people. Prior to this, he interned with the industrial team at NAI Partners and was a summer analyst at Berkadia in Houston where he underwrote and sized over $720M worth of production value in addition to writing over 10 complex narratives and packages for the multi-family group. Will first interned with JLL in the Summer of 2017, working with the entire industrial team.

Achievements

  • Gold Achiever Designation, JLL (2021, 2022)
  • Industrial Rising Star Award Houston Finalist, NAIOP (2022)

Education

  • Bachelor of Business Administration | Finance Real Estate | The University of Texas
  • Strake Jesuit College Preparatory

Affiliations and Community Involvement

  • Volunteer at Breeders Greeters at Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
  • Houston Food Bank Volunteer
  • Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Lifetime Member
  • Member of The Houstonian Hotel, Club, and Spa
  • Past Member of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity (Fiji) at the University of Texas at Austin

Best Career Advice

“Don’t be afraid to ask questions so you can learn something new everyday.”

Select Experience

  • Capital Commercial Investments, LLC
  • SRS Distribution
  • Techniweld USA
  • IAA
  • Clay Development & Construction
  • MSD Building Corp
  • VER-MAC
  • Jam’n Products
  • Natrol
  • Embark Trucks
  • Bang Energy
  • Global Packing Supply, Inc
  • Paradies
  • Brown Strauss
  • Total Intermodal Services
  • National Carwash Solutions (NCS)
  • Western Flyer Express
  • YMCA