William Steele

William Steele

Senior Managing Director, Newmark

San Jose, CA 95128

Phone (408) 982-8458

Specializes in the sale and lease of commercial properties throughout the Silicon Valley and San Francisco Peninsula.
Specialties
Investment Sales Broker, Tenant Rep
Property Types
Industrial, Land, Office, Retail, Flex
Markets
San Francisco, East Bay/Oakland, South Bay/San Jose
Languages
English
Bio
William Steele has been a Senior Managing Director with the Silicon Valley office of Newmark since 2012. He specializes in the sale and lease of commercial properties throughout the Silicon Valley and San Francisco Peninsula and has conducted business across the United States. He brings a vast skill set and a strong work ethic to the service of his clients. Prior to joining Newmark, he was a top producing SVP with the San Jose office of Grubb & Ellis Company (1993-2012), where he received many national awards for production and service. Preceding Grubb & Ellis, he worked with Cunningham Associates and BTS Brokerage. Mr. Steele has completed more than 1,000 sale and lease transactions with a total consideration value in excess of $1 billion. He has experience negotiating and advising on marketing, acquisition, sale and leasing pf properties across a broad spectrum of transactions and product types. Experience includes build-to-suits, land sales, property assemblage, 1031 & 1033 tax deferred exchanges, reverse exchanges, improvement exchanges, ground leases, options, eminent domain proceedings, trustee sales, bankruptcy sales and lender sales. Has worked through complex land use issues and project entitlement, conditional use permits, re-zoning and general plan changes, environmental issues as well as ground-up construction and significant renovation/repositioning.
Education
Syracuse University
Affiliations
  • CCIM - Certified Commercial Investment Member
  • NAIOP - National Association of Industrial and Office Properties
  • ULI - Urban Land Institute