As a principal with Avison Young’s Capital Markets team, Steven leads the firm’s North Carolina multi-family investment practice. He focuses on the marketing, disposition, acquisition and financing of multi-family assets. Steven’s expertise stems from having represented private and institutional owners of multi-family real estate for more than 25 years. His years of experience give him an in-depth understanding of the market and the ability to navigate the issues that are most important to investors during the acquisition and disposition process. During his career, he has negotiated the sale of more than $500 million worth of multi-family assets, including student housing, market-rate multi-family, senior housing and development land.

Before joining Avison Young, Steven served as executive vice president of the multi-family team at Colliers International. Since 2014, his team closed more than 3,100 units with a value of over $240 million. Prior to joining Colliers, Steven was a senior vice president with Cushman & Wakefield where he specialized in land brokerage and student housing.

Steven is active in the real estate community and has garnered multiple industry awards and accolades including the Triangle Commercial Association of Realtors (TCAR) Sales Transaction of the Year (2016) and the Triangle Business Journal Deal of the Decade and Heavy Hitter honors (2007) for the sale of a $47.5 million multi-family community. Steven is an active member of TCAR and has served on its board and several committees. In addition, he sits on the board of CASA, a not-for-profit organization that combats homelessness by providing affordable, permanent housing solutions for individuals experiencing poverty and disability.