McLean Wilson

McLean T. Wilson joined Kemmons Wilson Companies in 2007 as a Principal. He currently serves as a Managing Partner and Head of Asset Management for Kemmons Wilson Hospitality Partners (KWHP).

From 2010-17 McLean successfully quarterbacked the effort to re-develop the blighted, 1.5 million square foot Sears Crosstown building in the heart of Memphis. The unprecedented $250 million public/private project resulted in the Crosstown Concourse, a LEED Platinum, internationally awarded urban village that has redefined what is possible in the city.

Before joining the family business, McLean took a deliberately interdisciplinary path. He taught math at a high school in Jackson, WY. He learned commercial real estate working for Spaulding & Slye Colliers International (now JLL) in D.C. He built on that training and began to hone his design sensibilities with real estate redevelopment in Raleigh, NC. In 15 years at KWC, McLean has overseen all of our Hospitality activities – from design all the way through development and into operations.

McLean is passionate about serving others, particularly in his hometown. He is on the Board of the Collegiate School of Memphis, The Hutchison School, Billy Reid, and Crosstown Arts. He chairs the Board of the Crosstown Cooperative and serves as a Trusted Advisor to Eikon Ministries.

McLean holds a Bachelors of Science in Commerce from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia. Additionally, he earned his MBA from The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.