Joe Steffner is senior vice president, regional managing director, with the Memphis office of Newmark Knight Frank. He has been active in the office and industrial brokerage, development and management business in Memphis for more than 25 years. Mr. Steffner began his real estate career in agency leasing and development and, through formal education and hands-on experience, developed expertise in tenant representation and investment sales. In his role as “player coach” of the Memphis office, Mr. Steffner leads Newmark Knight Frank’s capital markets team in Memphis in pursuit of investment sale and listing assignments, as well as in growth of the Memphis business unit (Western Tennessee, Eastern Arkansas and Northern Mississippi).
Previously, Mr. Steffner was a partner at Colliers International and CEO of Colliers Management Services from 2002 to 2004. Before Colliers, he was executive vice president of CBRE Memphis from 1998 to 2002. He began his real estate career with Trammell Crow Company in 1985 and advanced to the positions of senior vice president and partner before joining CBRE in 1998. Out of college, he was hired by the Proctor & Gamble Co. where he was a sales representative and unit sales manager in Kansas City, Missouri, and Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Institutional Clients:
- Allstate Life Insurance Co.
- CalEast Industrial Investors
- Cigna
- Hillwood Investments LLC
- Invesco Realty Advisors
- Mutual of New York (MONY)
- PM Realty Advisors
- Rreef Property Trust
- Simon Property Co.
- Stockbridge Capital
- Cabot Partners CalEast Industrial Investors
- Champion Partners/GE
- Equitable Life
- Inland America
- Koger Equity Inc.
- Panattoni Development Co.
- Prudential Life Assurance
- St. Paul Life
- Simon Property Group
- TA Realty Associates
- Trizec Office Properties
Corporate Clients:
- Cambridge College
- EFS National Bank
- H.J. Heinz Company
- Ingersoll Rand/Trane
- Metavante Corporation
- Mission Rubber Company
- Ogletree Deakins Law
- Vining Sparks Investments
- Del Monte Foods
- FDIC
- Humana Healthcare
- International Paper
- M&F Bank
- Morgan Stanley
- Paychex Inc.
Professional Affiliations:
- Institute of Real Estate Management, Certified Property Manager Designation (CPM), 2002
- Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM Designation), 1998
- Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR Designation), Office Specialist, 1998
- Member, Lambda Alpha International Land Real Estate Society
- Principal real estate broker licenses for Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi
Mr. Steffner holds a Master of Science degree in real estate development and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Memphis. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in geological sciences from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He received an EFM Certificate from the University of the South at Sewanee, School of Theology.