Jim Clewlow

Clewlow earned his way into the C-suite after reeling in the firm’s big fish: CenterPoint’s landmark joint venture with CalPERS. The deal helped cement CenterPoint’s position as a dominant owner of large-scale logistics parks, and its success ultimately led the pension fund to acquire the real estate company outright in 2006.

After nearly 30 years rising through the ranks at CenterPoint Properties, Clewlow took over as CEO in 2025, just as the pandemic-induced industrial boom began to cool.

He has been deeply involved in shaping CenterPoint’s strategy around large-scale logistics parks near rail hubs, ports and highways — assets that benefited enormously from the e-commerce boom and later from supply chain reconfiguration.

That shift has shown up in how the firm manages and exits assets.

In 2025, an affiliate of CenterPoint sold a 17-acre outdoor storage site near Miami International Airport to Outpost for $52.1 million. CenterPoint had acquired the property in 2020 for $29.5 million, turning a sizable gain on land within one of the country’s most competitive industrial markets. The deal underscored the firm’s continued ability to monetize well-located logistics assets even as pricing growth moderates.