Industrial Development Manager / VP or SVP

Clarion Partners has been a leading real estate investment manager for over 40 years. Headquartered in New York, the firm maintains strategically located offices across the United States and Europe. Clarion Partners offers a broad range of real estate strategies across the risk/return spectrum to approximately 500 institutional investors across the globe. Clarion Partners operates independently as a Specialist Investment Manager owned by Franklin Templeton (FT), a diversified firm that spans asset management, wealth management, and fintech, giving us many ways to help investors make progress toward their goals.

Position Summary

The Industrial Development Manager will be responsible for leading the execution of light industrial and warehouse development projects across the Central U.S., managing both self-developed and joint venture initiatives from initial site evaluation through project completion. This role oversees the full development lifecycle, including site selection, due diligence, entitlements, design, contracting, construction, and delivery, as well as first-generation tenant improvements and build-to-suit project execution.

The position partners closely with internal investment teams, as well as external development partners, to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and in alignment with Clarion’s standards.

Responsibilities:

• JV Development:
  • Conduct early entitlement and scope review for potential JV opportunities and identify risks.
  • Ensure that development partners budgets are accurate for the proposed project scope.
  • Perform detailed reviews of JV partners plans to ensure compliance with Clarion’s specifications.
  • Negotiate contactor and consultant contracts on behalf of the joint ventures.
  • Maintain active relationships with development partners and monitor project progress for internal tracking.
  • Review changes and assist the development partner with effective solutions.
• Development:
  • Potential to manage multiple developments simultaneously ranging from $5M-$300M+
  • Participate in site selection, site planning, land due diligence, and feasibility studies.
  • Oversee entitlements (including annexation, zoning, and permitting) and coordinate with municipality, planning, zoning, environmental, City council, all other jurisdictional authorities.
  • Issue and coordinate design and construction contracts of all types.
  • Review and negotiate change orders.
  • Wet and Dry onsite\offsite utility coordination and extensions
  • Lead and coordinate all aspects of the design.
  • Design Plan reviews.
  • Oversee contractor bidding, value engineering, pricing analysis, and tracking of market cost and labor trends.
  • Support the industrial team with underwriting and investment committee preparation.
  • Track, manage and report schedules and budgets to the industrial team.
• Tenant and Capital Improvement:
  • Manage tenant improvement (TI) projects associated with prelease of speculative development and build-to-suit projects.
  • Partner with Asset Management to execute large-scale first-generation TI projects.
  • Support Asset Managers with complicated or large-scale repair and improvement projects.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree (BS/BA) in a related field required.
• Minimum of 15+ years of comprehensive real estate development and/or construction experience within the industrial sector.
• Prior experience in roles such as developer, general contractor, civil engineer, or architect strongly preferred.
• Proven experience leading all aspects of light industrial/warehouse development projects from inception through completion, including land acquisition, due diligence, design, entitlements, contracting, construction management, project closeout, and first-generation tenant improvements.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects concurrently across various stages of development.
• Experience with build-to-suit and speculative development projects preferred.
• Broad experience across development, construction management, project/program management, and exposure to acquisitions and dispositions.
• Strong technical knowledge of soils, civil sitework, construction assemblies, and construction means and methods.
• Highly motivated, self-directed professional with a strong sense of accountability, professionalism, and integrity.
• Proficiency in project scheduling tools, Microsoft Office Suite (including Excel), and mapping tools such as Google Earth.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to travel as required to support project execution.
• Experience working across multiple markets and/or product types preferred.
• Proven ability to negotiate construction and design consultant contracts.
• Strong collaboration skills with internal teams and joint venture partners.
• Demonstrated ability to monitor and manage project budgets and schedules.