Steve Balkman
Principal, NAI Business Director, NAI Puget Sound Properties
Bellevue, WA 98004
Specailizing in leasing and sales of office and industrial properties on the Eastside of metro Seattle area and in south Snohomish County
Phone (425) 586-5606 x106
Mobile (425) 260-4451
Specailizing in leasing and sales of office and industrial properties on the Eastside of metro Seattle area and in south Snohomish County
Specialties
Investment Sales Broker, Landlord Rep, Landlord Rep (Flex), Landlord Rep (Office), Landlord Rep (Retail), Tenant Rep
Property Types
Industrial, Land, Office, Retail, Flex
Markets
Seattle/Puget Sound
Languages
English, Chinese
Bio
One of the original four principals at NAI Puget Sound Properties, Steve Balkman has been an active player in the company’s success for well over two decades. As NAI PSP’s longest-tenured employee, Steve has supported clients with a variety of needs, including office, high-tech, and industrial leasing, acquisitions, and dispositions. Consistently recognized as a top producer at the company, Steve’s contributed to a total transactional value of over one billion dollars. More recently, he switched gears to help grow NAI PSP’s management division, assisting investors and property owners in the industrial, office, and retail property sectors. He plays a key role in both seeking new business and supporting the division’s operations while continuing to offer clients broader commercial real estate advisory services as needed.
Steve became a commercial real estate broker more than 40 years ago, having taken on his first job in the field when he was fresh out of college.
Steve has actively leased, sold and acquired real estate on behalf of his clients since 1983. Steve has been a consistent top producer for over 25 years, annually assisting many corporate real estate users and investors in fulfilling their goals. He has played an active role in over 1,100 transactions totaling more than $650 million in value.
Steve enjoys working with others and helping his clients succeed; he takes the time to fully understand his client’s goals and develop effective and tailored solutions that allow them to achieve the maximum benefit from their transactions. He is an expert in navigating a variety of situations relevant to real estate, regularly taking part in complex negotiations, conducting lease versus sales analyses, evaluating optimal geographical locations for client businesses, and more. Steve finds deep satisfaction in taking the uncertainty out of the real estate decision-making process for his clients and has always believed in putting his clients first, knowing that solid, long-term relationships are an invaluable part of what he does.
Steve has worked as director for a national real estate syndicator in Atlanta. Steve specializes in working with corporate real estate clients who need expertise in office, high-tech or industrial leasing, acquisition or disposition. Steve strives to fully understand his client’s goals and objectives to effectively implement solutions tailored to meet his client’s specific needs.
Steve’s most memorable projects include assisting fusion research company HELION in finding a location suitable for their new R&D facility and helping an automotive industrial business park in Kirkland, WA, with a sale that achieved the highest price per square foot for that property type in the Puget Sound region.
Steve and his family have been in the Seattle area for three decades, and Steve now resides in Issaquah with his wife, Susan. They currently have four children and seven grandchildren. An avid fan of spending time outdoors, Steve heads to the mountains whenever he can: In the summer, he can be found mountain biking, and in the winter he skis and snowboards—he even teaches snow sports as a certified ski and snowboard instructor (and was recently named instructor of the year at one of the local ski schools). In addition, he’s spent time coaching youth baseball and softball teams, and he regularly volunteers his time on behalf of his church as a minister and a youth group advisor; he recently finished a stint as an addiction recovery group leader.
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