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Steven Joseph

Steven W. Joseph, A Principal of Cleveland Real Estate Partners, Inc. Heads the firm's Tenant/Buyer Consulting Department. Steve is a licensed attorney specializing in real estate law with prior affiliations at Jones, Day, Revis & Pogue and Victor S. Voinovich Co., which he co-founded, Cleveland Real Estate Partners and Deloitte & Touche where he was a partner. Steve has consistently been one of the most prolific service providers in this part of the country, completing transactions in excess of $400 million.

A recognized national authority on tenant and buyer consulting, Steve has skillfully crafted a rigorous analytical process, which has maximized negotiations leverage at every step and creatively utilized government/economic development incentives where possible.

Major corporate clients (e.g., Avery Dennison, Bearings, Inc., Calfee, Halter & Griswold, East Ohio Gas, International Management Group, Kaiser Permanente and Mr. Coffee) best tell the powerful story about the enormous value this tenant/buyer process adds to their headquarters projects.

Having received national acclaim for its value, this tenant/buyer process has been taught by Steve at graduate business schools including The Weatherhead School of Business, Columbia Business School as well as an annual seminar at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Steve is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards for his contributions to Cleveland real estate, including the coveted SIOR and NAIOP Office Broker of the Year in 1994 and Deal of the Year in 1991, 1996 and 1997; he is also a graduate of the Growth Association's Leadership Cleveland Program. Steve graduated Magna Cum Laude and Order of the Coif from the University of Michigan Law School and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Pennsylvania.