Stephen E. Phillips is a commercial real estate consultant and broker specializing in Land, Industrial and Retail. He has an extensive background in development having worked for Developers and Owners as their Vice President and Director of Development. The major companies that he has developed projects for are Melville Corporation, The Irvine Company, David Hocker and Associates, Bayer Properties, Jim Wilson and Associates and Mercantile. As a Development Manager he was responsible for all aspects of the project form land selection, financing, design construction, leasing and operation. While a Development Manage he has complete projects like the Riverchase Galleria in Birmingham AL a mixed use of retail, office and hotels; the redevelopment of Newport Center Fashion Island, Newport Beach CA; Corporate Plaza, Louisville, KY; and Church Street Center, Nashville, TN. With his strong background in development he has an in-depth understanding of real estate and investment. Since he has always worked from an owners perspective and has real estate investments of his own, he treats his Clients as partners and has a convection that he would never advise a client on a property unless he felt that the transaction was a suitable risk for himself.
