Joseph Steffner

Joseph Steffner

Senior Vice President, Memphis Market Leader, Newmark

Memphis, TN 38117
Specializes in office investment strategy, office strategic consulting and office tenant representation.
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Phone (901) 937-3980

Mobile (901) 490-6000

Specializes in office investment strategy, office strategic consulting and office tenant representation.
Specialties
Tenant Rep
Property Types
Industrial, Office, Retail
Markets
Memphis
Bio
Joe Steffner is Senior Vice President and Regional Managing Director of Newmark & Company Real Estate, Inc. (“Newmark”), an international commercial real estate firm headquartered in New York and traded publicly on the Nasdaq exchange (NMRK). Joe has been active in investment sales, development, construction, leasing and property management of commercial properties in Memphis and Nashville for over 30 years. Steffner began his real estate career in office and industrial leasing and transitioned over the years into investment sales. His management and leasing background has provided a deep financial and operational understanding of commercial buildings, which has enabled his delivery of maximum value to clients in his investment real estate practice. A list of representative investment transactions is attached. From a business management perspective, Joe is charged with leadership of the Memphis Newmark office and growth of the Newmark brand in the mid-southern United States (Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Kentucky and Alabama). Prior to joining Newmark, Joe founded Steffner Commercial Real Estate, LLC (“SCRE”) in Memphis in 2004. SCRE “affiliated” with international brokerage firm Grubb & Ellis Co. in December 2006 (SCRE dba Grubb & Ellis|Memphis). Newmark purchased Grubb & Ellis in 2013 and then purchased SCRE in December of 2015 with Joe remaining with Newmark as the Memphis Market Leader. Prior to Steffner Commercial, Joe was a partner at Colliers International from 2002 to 2004; Executive Vice President at CBRE Memphis from 1998 – 2002, and Senior Vice President and Partner with Trammell Crow Company in Nashville and Memphis for thirteen (13) years - from 1985-1998. He began his career out of college with the Procter & Gamble Distributing Company, where he was a Unit Manager based in Kansas City, Missouri and Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Education
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, BA Geological Sciences – 1983 University of Memphis, MBA – 1994 University of Memphis, MS, Real Estate Development – 1996 University of the South at Sewanee, EFM (Education for Ministry) Certificate – 2006
Affiliations
  • CCIM - Certified Commercial Investment Member
  • CPM - Certified Property Manager
  • SIOR - Society of Industrial and Office Realtors
Awards
2016 Broker of the Year for the Memphis Commercial Real Estate Market, as awarded annually by the Memphis Area Association of Realtor's Commercial Council.