Vista’s Patty Bender – Trends in the Houston Retail Market Patty Bender, partner, Vista Private Equity Group HOUSTON – (By Michelle Leigh Smith) – Patty Bender, long time Houston-based executive in the shopping center industry, joined Vista Private Equity Group as a partner after a 33-year career with Weingarten Realty Investors. Vista Equities Group is part of the Vista Companies, a Houston-based real estate services group led by veteran  Texas developer Woody Mann. Vista focuses on the development of new properties and the acquisition of existing income-producing properties. At the Houston-based Weingarten REIT, she directed the development of the Village Arcade [...]