Editor’s Note: The WRAL TechWire series, the “Future of Work” continues this week. The Future of Work series is supported by commercial real estate firm JLL and other partners.
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RALEIGH – The future of the Triangle relies on its spaces and places. That’s the foundation from which the Future of Work series emerged. The first report is here, and the second story is here. At the end of April, the series explored the relationship between work spaces, work places, and the current labor market.
And this week, the Future of Work series took an in-depth look at the demand for land, which has increased in the Triangle and can now be described as “insatiable,” while developers look to shore up their land positions.
The series continues this week and includes a LinkedIn Live broadcast on Tuesday, May 10, at 11 a.m., with the experts that we profile in this special report, today.
Al Williams
As a Senior Vice President in JLL’s Raleigh office, Al Williams focuses exclusively on assisting industrial users locate and transact on space locally and nationally. Al’s diverse client base within the specific scope of industrial users provides him with unique expertise in the warehouse and distribution center market.
Al Williams, senior vice president, industrial, JLL
Prior to joining JLL in 2016, Al served as a management trainee and analyst for WORDLPAC, a subsidiary of Advance Auto Parts, specializing in the development and management of client relationships.
He spent extensive time consulting with the facilities, operations and logistics departments and notably working to optimize the delivery efficiency within the North and Southeast.
Upon joining JLL in 2016, Al initially focused in business development by identifying and securing new business opportunities before moving into his current role as a Senior Vice President, focusing solely on the industrial and life science market.
Al graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he studied Communications and Entrepreneurship and was a member of the nationally ranked Varsity Football team. He currently is extremely active in the community, coaching youth sports for both the Salvation Army and Wake County Parks and Recreation. Al is a licensed real estate broker in North Carolina.
Mehtab Randhawa
Mehtab Randhawa is Director of Industrial Research for JLL’s Americas Region. In her role, her responsibility is to direct and implement strategy, methodology, product / platform enhancement and the firm’s overall analysis, message and outlook for the macro U.S. industrial sector.
Mehtab also ensures that JLL’s research platform evolves to meet the evolving needs of JLL’s clients and prospects and proactively creates thoughtful research on a variety of topics including supply chain, manufacturing, warehouse & distribution and e-commerce that are relevant to today’s corporate real estate decision makers.
Mehtab Randhawa, director of industrial research, JLL.
Mehtab has over ten years of experience in commercial real estate and related industries.
Mehtab joined JLL in 2010 as an Industrial Research Analyst based in Miami. In this role, she provided thought-leading research with a unique focus on the South Florida’s industrial market, additionally contributing locally and nationally on topics including logistics, commercial ports and macroeconomic trends.
In 2013, Mehtab was promoted to Research Manager for JLL’s Carolinas market. Mehtab was responsible for identifying and explaining current trends in the local and regional real estate markets, tracking market statistics and indicators as well as supporting our clients.
In 2015, Mehtab was promoted to Research Manager, Americas working on the industrial research platform for the United States for JLL.
Prior to joining JLL, Mehtab worked as a Research Assistant in the Department of Economics at North Carolina State University and as a Research Analyst at First American Corporation (CoreLogic), TX.
Mehtab earned a Bachelor of Arts – Economics Honors degree from Delhi University, SRCC in India. She graduated in 2008 with a Master’s in Economics degree from North Carolina State University at Raleigh, NC.
This editorial package was produced with funding support from JLL and other partners. WRAL TechWire retains full editorial control of all content.
More from the series
Special report: The race for industrial space is accelerating across the Triangle
Special report: The future of the Triangle’s economy hinges on its spaces
Special report: Space in high demand, even as future of work remains uncertain
