Mr. Willhite has over 35 years of experience in commercial real estate and specializes in the sale and leasing of industrial, R&D and office properties. He has represented various users, developers and investors with acquisitions, dispositions, strategic planning, developing marketing sales plans for business parks and successfully executing these plans. Mr. Willhite also performs various strategic and financial analysis including proformas, return on investment and present value analysis.
Mr. Willhite has extensive experience representing corporate users. Among his clients are Baker Hughes, W.W. Grainger, Raytheon and Hunter Douglas.
Mr. Willhite is a member of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors and spent eight years as the top industrial salesman for Grubb & Ellis in San Diego.
PARTIAL LIST OF LANDLORD REPRESENTATION TRANSACTIONS:
| Client | Size |
| 217 Distribution Center | 450,000 SF |
| Rancho Sorrento | 265,000 SF |
| Trade Business Park | 180,000 SF |
| Square D | 137,000 SF |
| Four Daley Center | 120,000 SF |
| Allred-Collins Business Park | 153 Acres |
| Daley Corporate Center | 50 Acres |
| Carroll Ridge Business Park | 42 Acres |
PARTIAL LIST OF SALES TRANSACTIONS:
| Client/Size | Value |
| Koll Miramar Point – 250,000 SF | $21.0 million |
| Rancho Sorrento – 150,000 SF | $13.6 million |
| Carroll Ridge Park – 102,000 SF | $9.8 million |
| Elgar Building – 87,000 SF | $6.5 million |
| Black Mountain Commerce Center – 99,000 SF | $4.9 million |
| Solana Beach Business Center – 56,000 SF | $3.2 million |
| Reliance Steel Building – 46,000 SF | $2.7 million |
PARTIAL CLIENT LIST:
- Anixter
- Baker Hughes
- Chicago Tribune
- Combustion Engineering
- FFE Transportation
- General Dynamics
- Hunter Douglas
- Loral Corporation
- NCR
- Swift Transportation
- Raytheon
- Reliance Steel & Aluminum Company
- Schnitzer West LLC
- Scientific Atlanta
- Square D
- Unisys Corp
- W.W. Grainger
EXPERIENCE (partial list):
- Director, Newmark, 2010 - present
- Senior Vice President, NAI San Diego Commercial, 2002 - 2009
- Seniore Vice President, Grubb & Ellis Company San Diego, 1977 - 2002
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
- Board of Directors, Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) Foundation, 2000 - 2003
- Board of Directors, SIOR, 1997 - 1999
- Founding President, San Diego Chapter, SIOR, 1997
- President, Orange, Inland Empire and San Diego Chapter, SIOR, 1995
- Society of Industrial and Office Realtors, Portland Chapter
- Licensed Oregon Real Estate Associate Broker
- Licensed California Real Estate Broker
Steve holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from Arizona State University. He has a real estate license in the state of Oregon as well as in the state of California.