Clayton Benedict

Clayton provides oversight of all phases of the real estate development process, including acquisition, due diligence, feasibility planning, market analysis, budget and proforma analysis, design programming and optimization, construction management, and project closeout. Clayton’s strong entrepreneurial vision and spirit brings long-term value to our customers and partners through real estate development, investments, and public-private partnerships. Before joining Newman in 2020, Clayton worked for CDC Houston, Inc., the developer of a 2,000-acre mixed-use masterplanned community in Spring, Texas, called Springwoods Village. While working at CDC Houston for nearly seven years, Clayton was one of two local managers helping oversee the design, construction, and operations of the development. Clayton helped establish the initial infrastructure within the community while working in tandem with the improvement district created to support such a massive development. The infrastructure improvements, along with the vision of Springwoods Village secured the relocation of several major fortune 100 and 500 companies to the community, including ExxonMobil’s state-of-the-art Houston Campus, Southwestern Energy, American Bureau of Shipping, Hewlett Packard, Inc., and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Clayton’s early career work experience was in property management and architecture. In property management, Clayton worked for Crescent Real Estate Equities and CBRE, Inc. where he co-managed over 2 million square feet of Class A office space in downtown Houston. Clayton completed his undergraduate degree in 2005 from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture. After several years of work experience, Clayton returned to Texas A&M and completed his graduate education in 2008 with a Master’s degree in Land and Real Estate Development. Clayton is a licensed real estate agent and lives in The Woodlands with his wife Jennifer and their two boys Kai and Pierce. When not working, Clayton enjoys traveling with his family and being outdoors.

• Markets
  Houston
• Property Types
  Industrial, Retail, Flex
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