Stephen Taylor
Senior Vice President of Business Development, EMERGING
Chicago, IL 60654
Phone (216) 658-6117
Specialties
Tenant Rep
Property Types
Office, Retail, Multifamily
Markets
Cleveland
Languages
English
Bio
Throughout his near 20 year Real Estate and Hospitality career Steve has represented best in class multi concept chef driven, corporate, franchised and emerging food and beverage concepts on a regional and national level. Steve has seamlessly implemented strategic development growth plans for his clients by drawing on his his extensive knowledge of the restaurant business, operations and industry trends.
Expertise include an in-depth understanding of an operators business, market and date analysis, site selection, negotiation and relationships with developers and restaurant service providers. He is dedicated to building a true business advantage for his clients by engaging, managing and overseeing the master brokerage model. Steve has also consulted for developers in curating their food and beverage merchandise mix.
Steve’s has been involved in a wide range of asset classes across the US that include mixed use projects, emerging urban neighborhoods, suburban lifestyle centers, land and CBD street retail. His range of representation of restaurant concepts include Multi Unit/Concept Chef Driven, National QSR’s/Fast Casuals, Casual/Polished National Dining and Breweries. Steve’s approach is meticulous, innovative, relentless in pursuing the best markets and locations whilst always reviewing their return on investment. He has a proven track record of long term strategic planning, client retention and closing of deals, Prior to joining EMERGING Steve worked at Colliers International, Goodman Real Estate Group and most recently as part of CBRE’s Restaurant Practice Group where he focused on restaurant tenant representation and consultation
Steve grew up in the UK and graduated with a Hospitality Degree from The University of Salford, Manchester.
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