Stephen J. Cook II joined Newmark’s Valuation & Advisory as a First Vice President in 2017 with over eleven years of real estate appraisal and consulting experience. Mr. Cook’s primary specialty is in industrial real estate, focusing on the Suburban Philadelphia, Central Pennsylvania, Lehigh Valley, Northeastern Pennsylvania, Southern Jersey, and Central Jersey industrial markets. Within these markets, Mr. Cook has appraised over 50 million square feet of industrial assets and currently runs the region’s Industrial/Logistics Valuation Team.
Mr. Cook’s practice also focuses on the automotive real estate sector, having valued over one million square feet for local and national lenders, as well as high profile automobile manufacturers.
After four and a half years with CBRE as an industrial and auto-related specialist, Mr. Cook joined Newmark in 2017. With experience servicing the industry’s most prestigious clients, Mr. Cook’s distinct expertise with local lenders, prominent multinational corporations, and institutional investors paired with Newmark’s world-class quality provide an unparalleled resource to anyone with appraisal needs in industrial and automotive related real estate.
Professional Affiliations
- Member, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS)
- Certified general real estate appraiser, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the state of Delaware
- Member, NAIOP, developing leader
- Member, Appraisal Institute, candidate for designation
Education
Mr. Cook earned a bachelor’s degree from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania.