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Clay Residential is redefining what Home means for individuals and families throughout Texas. We understand that the most valuable assets in Clay Residential’s communities are the people who occupy our homes. We strive every day to elevate our residents’ expectations and work tirelessly to exceed those expectations. 

A Life Without Boundaries starts by building homes with base features that far exceed those which have been traditionally offered in rental communities. It continues by enabling our residents to leave the worries of homeownership and costly home maintenance to us. We are eager to introduce you to a new and better way of living. Welcome Home, Texas.  

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About Clay Residential

Clay Residential is led by a team of individuals who have been creating and enhancing residential communities throughout Texas for over four decades. This team is now solely focused on building top-quality single-family homes in premier Texas communities and making them available for rent. Clay Residential is creating homes in neighborhoods that offer access to high quality schools, best-in-class amenities and proximity to major Texas job centers. Our communities are an investment in the future of our residents and the future of Texas. 

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Willow at Sierra Vista includes 97 luxury rental homes in the Sierra Vista master planned community in Iowa Colony, Texas. Located 20 minutes south of downtown Houston along the Highway 288 corridor, the community is accessible to the Texas Medical Center and Houston’s major job centers and shopping & entertainment districts. The 3 and 4 bedroom homes range in size from 1,548 sq. ft. up to 1,980 sq. ft. and will have access to resort style amenities including a clubhouse, lazy river, lap pool, tennis & pickleball courts, dog parks, bocce courts and more.

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Willow at Marvida offers 368 luxury rental homes in the Marvida master planned community in Cypress, Texas. Willow at Marvida is located 25 miles northwest of downtown Houston and is zoned to the Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, one of suburban Houston’s most desired school districts. The 3, 4, and 5 bedroom homes will range in size from 1,382 sq. ft. up to 2,829 sq. ft. and will have access to resort-style amenities, including a clubhouse, lazy river, lap pool, tennis & pickleball courts, dog parks, bocce courts, and more.

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The Clay Residential Team

Ryan is Co-Founder and CEO at Clay Residential. Ryan is an experienced real estate investment executive with a 25-year track record that includes more than $4.5 billion in closed private equity real estate transactions across multiple property types, markets, investment strategies and deal structures. Prior to co-founding Clay Residential, Ryan was a Managing Director at BlackRock, a global investment manager with over $9 trillion in assets under management. 

Ryan joined BlackRock in 2006 and during his tenure he was responsible for sourcing real estate investment opportunities across all product types in the Central, Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. Additionally, Ryan served as co-head of BlackRock’s Real Estate Capital Markets group from 2008-10 where he led restructuring and financing efforts during the Global Financial Crisis. Prior to joining BlackRock, Ryan began his career in 1998 at Principal Real Estate Investors where he was responsible for acquisitions, dispositions and asset management in the Central US markets.  

Ryan earned his bachelor’s degree in finance with an emphasis in Real Estate from the University of Northern Iowa in 1998. 

Sam Sanders is the Vice President of Construction Operations and oversees all aspects of Clay Residential’s construction activities. Sam has 24 years of home building experience with such home builders as Toll Brothers, Emerald Homes by DR Horton, and Anglia Homes. He has worked in a multitude of roles such as Customer Service, Construction Management, Sales Management and Purchasing Management for some of the largest home builders in the nation. With his multifaceted background, he has developed systems and processes to help guide productivity within all departments.

A native Houstonian and veteran of the United States Army, Sam supports multiple faith-based and veteran organizations. He enjoys spending time with his family in the outdoors hunting, fishing and mostly cooking. Along with his wife, Sam loves to be a good steward of his environment and enjoys time helping his wife with the family farm.

Jennifer Coselli is the Vice President of Finance & Accounting for Clay Residential. Jennifer brings over twenty years of experience in commercial real estate development, investment, and property management for various property types.

Prior to joining Clay Residential, Jennifer spent over 5 years at Brookfield Properties as VP Accounting for the Houston office region. Prior to Brookfield Properties, she spent 12 years at MetroNational in various roles, including Controller. Cumulatively, she was responsible for the accounting and financial reporting for more than 25 million square feet of Class A commercial real estate properties.

Jennifer earned her bachelor’s degree in accounting from Texas A&M University in 1992 and is a Certified Public Accountant in Texas.

Chris Hancock is the Director of Investment Management at Clay Residential. Chris has over ten years of experience making and managing investments in real estate. In his role at Clay Residential, Chris leads the asset management of the firm’s projects from development through stabilization. This includes oversight of all third-party managers, development of leasing and marketing strategy, and management of cash flow and budgets. Chris is additionally responsible for sourcing and underwriting new development opportunities, managing project financing, and executing dispositions.  

Prior to joining Clay Residential, Chris began his career at BlackRock, where he held roles on transaction and portfolio management teams. He was primarily responsible for acquisitions and dispositions for a geographic territory covering the Mid-Atlantic through the Northeastern United States, across the firm’s various capital sources. As a portfolio manager, Chris was also a member of teams responsible for the management of over $2 billion in separate account real estate mandates. These funds invested across the risk spectrum from ground up developments to stabilized core properties in locations in the United States, Europe, and APAC.  

Chris graduated from the University of Michigan in 2012 with a Bachelor of Business Administration. 

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Clay Residential Breaks Ground on 368-Unit Single-Family Rental Project in Metro Houston

Clay Residential, an affiliate of locally based firm Clay Development, has broken ground on Willow at Marvida, a 368-unit single-family rental project in the northwestern Houston suburb of Cypress. The site is located within Marvida, an 856-acre master-planned community by Land Tejas. The development will consist of 134 detached homes and 234 attached villas.
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