Steve Heffner

Steve Heffner is an Executive Vice President for CBRE's Debt & Structured Finance Group in Charlotte, NC. Mr. Heffner is a multifamily specialist and has originated more than $4 billion of debt and equity transactions for his REIT, pension fund and developer clients. During his 25 year mortgage banking career, over 85% of transactions Mr. Heffner closed were exclusive assignments, of which the vast majority were with repeat customers.

Mr. Heffner has been Freddie Mac’s top producer in North Carolina and South Carolina since 2003, with well over $1 billion in closings and has served on the Freddie Mac Natural Production Advisory Board. From 2009 to 2013, Mr. Heffner was recognized as Colbert Coldwell Circle recipient (top 2% of all CBRE brokers in North America.)

Upon graduation from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1986, Mr. Heffner began his career in commercial real estate finance with 1st Home Federal where he ultimately served as manager of the Income Property Finance Division.

From 1989 until February 1998, Mr. Heffner was a Partner with Cauble and Company of Carolina, a commercial real estate mortgage banking and income property brokerage firm headquartered in Charlotte. CBRE acquired Cauble and Company in 1988.

Achievements

CBRE Colbert Coldwell Circle: recipient 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017

Million Dollar Club: 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 

CBRE | Debt & Equity Finance Southeast Producer of the Year, 2001

No. 1 CBRE Producer in North and South Carolina: 2009-2013

CBRE Debt & Structured Finance Multifamily Top 10 Producer

Professional Affiliations / Accreditations

Member of CBRE G-20 Advisory Council

Board of Director for Sports Friends International Mission

Board of Advisor for Apartment Life

Member of Freddie Mac National Seller/Services Advisory Council

Licensed Real Estate Broker - North Carolina and South Carolina

Member - Mortgage Bankers Association of America (MBA)

Former Board of Director - Charlotte Business Roundtable

Former Board of Director - Charlotte Region Commercial Board of Realtors (CRCBR)

Former Board of Director - Childress Klein YMCA

Education

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Bachelor of Science; Business Administration

Partial Transaction list

Line of Credit | Various | $290,000,000

Summit Landsown | Leesburg, VA | $71,000,000

Cary Towne Center | Cary, NC | $62,500,000

Park & Market | Raleigh, NC | $57,000,000

Summit Russet | Laurel, MD | $50,000,000

The Warwick | Silver Spring, MD | $50,000,000

Century Northlake | Charlotte, NC | $47,000,000

Rushwood/Winchester Walk | Philadelphia, PA | $44,840,000

Aventura | Aventura, FL | $40,000,000

Runaway Bay | Virginia Beach, VA | $37,981,000

Vista at the Park | Cary, NC | $34,500,000

Talison Row | Charleston, SC | $33,635,000

Summit Doral | Miami, FL | $31,240,000

Summit Grandview | Charlotte, NC | $29,800,000

Palms Monterrey | Ft. Myers, FL | $29,625,00

Haven at Knob Creek | Johnson City, TN | $27,600,000

Summit Crest | Raleigh, NC | $27,500,000

Alexan Partner Creek | Cary, NC | $26,800,000

Miller Creek | Memphis, TN | $26,250,000

Equus Portfolio | Raleigh, NC | $26,645,000

Huntcliff Village | Atlanta, GA | $26,000,000

South End Square | Charlotte, NC | $25,300,000

Becley Cloisters at Steelecroft | Charlotte, NC | $23,900,000

Fountains at South End | Charlotte, NC | $23,750,000

Haven at Lake Murray | Columbia, SC | $22,200,000

Idian Hollow | San Antonio, TX | $22,000,000

Aventine Greenville | Greenville, SC | $21,000,000