Houston Industrial Deep Dive

Christen joined Provident Realty Advisors in 2022 as the Director of Development & Acquisitions. She is the first women Development Partner at Provident and one of the only women developers in the industrial sector of Houston. Christen has developed over 8 million sqft of Class A Institutional industrial facilities. She is a career industrial developer with experience in projects that range from extremely specialized manufacturing facilities to Speculative big box developments. Career highlights include a build-to-suit project for one of the largest e-commerce companies in the country, speculative distributions projects ranging from 100,000 sf to as large as 1,000,000 sf buildings under one roof. Her career consists of development of over 700 acres and $1B worth of transaction value. Christen is the 2022 RedNews Emerging Leader of the Year, RedNews Finalist for Woman of the Year and Bisnow Developing leader for 2021. She holds an MBA from the Freeman School of Business, Tulane University. Christen is a mother of two and wife to a successful real estate entrepreneur. Her and her family are members at Second Baptist Church. Christen is dedicated to giving to Sky High for Children, a very special charity that raises money to fund cancer treatments for kids.

Rives joined CenterPoint Properties as Senior Vice President, Investments in August 2020, to oversee the growth of the company’s central region portfolio. He is responsible for executing CenterPoint’s central region investment strategy, sourcing and managing local acquisition transactions, and collaborating with the entire regional team to identify new investment opportunities and add value to the existing portfolio. Before joining CenterPoint, Rives was Senior Vice President with InSite Realty Partners, a Houston-based commercial real estate firm, where he was involved in industrial leasing, development, investment, and brokerage over nearly two decades. He’s a Developer Associate Member of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) and serves on NAIOP’s Development and Construction Committee. Rives earned an MBA from Rice University in Houston, Texas, and his Bachelor of Arts degree from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

Brian is responsible for directing the marketing and disposition of the Houston Industrial Division of Transwestern on behalf of clients. Brian has over 30 years of experience with Transwestern's Houston Industrial Division. During his tenure with Transwestern, Brian has successfully executed over 650 transactions totalling more than 2 billion dollars in value. He has also sold over 10 million square feet of industrial product. His most significant transaction being the three million square foot sale of the Thrivent Financial multi-city industrial portfolio. He has been involved in the development of over five million square feet of industrial space at Transwestern on behalf of institutional clients. Brian has successfully completed build-to-suit developments in Houston for Igloo Products Corporation (275,600 square feet), Banta Corporation (259,200 square feet), Apollo Paper Company (150,000 square feet), Carrier Corporation (131,000 square feet), Oceaneering International (120,000 square feet), Kaufman Tire (93,000 square feet) and Freeman (91,000 square feet). Other transactions include Bel Furniture (415,000 square feet); Plastic Express (394,489 square feet); Frontier (300,000 square feet); Builders FirstSource (275,000 square feet); and GE (261,990 square feet).

CRE veteran Denton Walker joined Transwestern Development Co. (TDC), taking on the role of Regional Partner for the company’s National Logistics Group. Prior, Walker spent 30 years at Trammell Crow Co. (TCC). In his role at Transwestern, Walker is responsible for logistics development projects throughout the Southwest, with a focus on Texas. He operates out of Transwestern’s Dallas office.

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.