Houston Industrial & Logistics Outlook

Trent is a senior managing director in the Houston office of JLL Capital Markets, Americas. He joins JLL as part of the HFF acquisition and is primarily responsible for office and industrial investment advisory throughout Texas. Over the course of his career, Trent has been involved in closing more than $10.5 billion in transactions. Prior to starting at HFF in 2007, Trent had a three-month internship with the Global Services group in Trammell Crow’s Houston office and was named Outstanding Finance Student at Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business.

Robert is based in Houston, TX as Senior Vice President – South Region, where he is responsible for site selection, including suitability for distribution warehouse development, entitlement and feasibility; masterplan and building design, marketing strategy, building and industrial park construction and development, and leasing oversight. His 30-year development career includes land entitlement, development, leasing, marketing, and/or sale of over 3 million square feet of distribution and build-to-suit industrial product, 800,000 square feet of office, 2,000 self-storage units totaling over 275,000 square feet, and various retail and multi-family properties for Gerald Hines, Opus Corporation, and Panattoni Development.

John S. Moody, Jr., is Board Certified in Commercial Real Estate by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and has extensive experience in real estate development, leasing, acquisitions, sales and financing. He represents developers, owners, families, financial institutions, investors, retailers and private equity funds in acquisitions, sales, development, leasing, financing and construction of all types of real estate.

Travis Land specializes in the industrial sector of the Commercial Real Estate market. Travis has extensive closed deal experience associated with all types of real estate transactions including tenant and buyer representation, property dispositions, and build-to-suit/design-build representation. His market knowledge, combined with his hands on approach to the real estate industry, helps his clients evaluate their real estate options and choose a strategy that best meets their facility needs. Travis is recognized in the marketplace as a consistent top producer and adds significant value throughout the transaction process by creating substantial leverage for his clients. Once a client – always a client.

As President and Chief Executive Officer of The Richland Companies, Edna Meyer-Nelson directs all business activities for Richland’s many divisions. Since founding The Richland Companies in 1993, she has amassed a portfolio of 35 properties in five states representing more than 2.5 million square feet of commercially owned and managed property throughout the Southwestern United States valued in excess of $250 million. She began her career in the banking industry where she served as Vice President, Commercial Loan Officer, and Marketing Director for several of the larger banks in Houston, such as: Great Southern Bank, Fondren Southwest Bank, American National Bank and Charter Bank. During her tenure, Meyer-Nelson’s duties included initiating commercial, small business and real estate loans, as well as executive lines of credit. While managing over $50 million in assets, she also assisted in the buy-outs of several independent banks, initiated and incorporated new, cost effective programs, and actively encouraged executive women to enter new business ventures. Meyer-Nelson is a graduate of Southern Methodist University with post-graduate degrees from the University of Houston and the University of Colorado. She is an active member of the National Association of Professional Women, CREW and the American Business Women’s Association as well as a frequent guest lecturer for a variety of graduate, undergraduate and continuing education courses at Rice University and University of Houston, where she sits on the Executive Advisory Board-Graduate Real Estate Program, C.T. Bauer College of Business. In 2010, she was appointed Chairman of the Advisory Council for The Texas Heart Institute’s Center for Women’s Heart and Vascular Health. A longtime board member of Houston Children’s Charity, in 2009 Edna earned the distinction of presiding as its first female President. She also serves on the board of the Houston Police Foundation. She is a member of The Cooley Circle, a Charter Member of Baylor Research Advocates for Student Scientists, a recipient of the CAPS Cherished Companion Award and a supporter of Houston Crime Stoppers. In 2017, Meyer-Nelson became the first woman to receive the Houston Business Journal’s Landmark Lifetime Achievement Award and was honored with CREW Houston's inaugural Circle of Excellence Award. She is an inductee of the Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce Hall of Fame, has been named Houston Business Journal’s Inaugural Best for Profit CEO and a finalist for their Women Who Mean Business Award, received CREW’s 2015 Networking Story of the Year, one of Real Estate Forum’s 2014 Women of Influence, one of CREW’s 2012 Top 15 Women in Commercial Real Estate, one of Real Estate Forum’s 2010 Women of Influence, a top finalist for “Business Woman of the Year” and “Entrepreneur of the Year” and continually garners top spots on The Houston Business Journal’s Top 50 Women Owned Businesses, Top 50 Fastest Growing Businesses, and Top 100 Diversified Businesses in the United States. She currently resides in Houston, Texas.

Jeff is a principal for Davis Commercial Development, LLC. Davis Commercial Development is a developer, owner, operator, manager, and investor in institutional quality industrial and office projects within the major Texas markets. Jeff has over 22 years of experience in creating and executing a master plan for all facets of commercial real estate including capital markets acquisitions, developments, construction, asset management and disposition. Since 1996 Jeff has taken a lead role in development or redevelopment of retail and industrial properties of over 1,505,000 square feet of commercial projects. Jeff recently joined Davis Commercial Development. His previous commercial real estate experience includes leadership positions at Conor Commercial Real Estate, Weatherford International, and Stonebridge Real Estate Development & Investments. As vice president for the Texas region at Conor Commercial Real Estate, he acquired over 70 acres of institutional quality land for development in multiple locations and cities in Texas. He directed all phases of the projects from work with investment bankers to source institutional equity, negotiate partnership documents, acquired debt, and hire contractors, consultants and brokerage teams. As the real estate manager for the U.S. gulf coast region at Weatherford International, he acquired over 600 acres of land for development in Texas and Louisiana, developed 265 acres of land and constructed 790,000 square feet of industrial and office buildings. Jeff holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance Degree from Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. Jeff has been a sponsoring associate member of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors and has participated in the Urban Land Institute. Jeff and his wife Alison reside in Houston with their son Jackson

Nazir Khalfe, AIA,RIBA, is a Principal for Powers Brown Architecture. Nazir spent more than 10 years of his career as a project manager in the Houston, Austin, San Antonio, El Paso, Denver, and Washington, D.C. markets. Completed projects include industrial and office master plans, as well as spec office buildings, corporate office buildings, and distribution, assembly, and manufacturing facilities. Nazir has demonstrated the ability to design and document buildings that are attractive, economical and durable. Evidence of his ability to develop designs that are efficient and cost-effective can be found in the numerous projects completed for his repeat clients.