Jeff Thornton
Executive Vice President, Central Region, CenterPoint Properties
Houston, TX 77024
Executive Vice President at CenterPoint Properties.
Phone (972) 361-6717
Executive Vice President at CenterPoint Properties.
Specialties
Landlord Rep (Industrial)
Property Types
Industrial, Land
Markets
Dallas/Ft Worth, Houston
Languages
English
Bio
Jeff Thornton joined CenterPoint as Executive Vice President for the Central Region in April 2025.
With more than 25 years of commercial real estate experience, Jeff was formerly President of the South Central Region at Ryan Companies, where he led a team of more than 175 associates across four states, developing and building industrial, office, and multifamily projects primarily in Dallas, Austin, Houston, and San Antonio. Jeff also spent more than 20 years at Duke Realty, where he led a vertically integrated team that grew an institutional-grade industrial portfolio through its development, leasing, acquisitions, and asset management platform. As its Regional Senior Vice President, he oversaw the firm’s strategy and operations, producing a best-in-class industrial portfolio of over 30 million square feet in Dallas, Houston, and St. Louis.
Jeff has been a lifelong resident of Dallas, TX, since moving back to the area to start his Commercial Real Estate career in 1996 after completing the Business Foundations Program at the University of Texas McCombs School of Business. He’s a board member and former President of NAIOP North Texas and a member and former board member of the North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors (NTCAR). Jeff prioritizes supporting his community, having served as Chairman of the Parent Campaign at Ursuline Academy and as Grade Captain for the Annual Challenge Drive at Jesuit College Prep School in Dallas. Jeff is also a member of the University of Georgia Parent Leadership Council.
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