Stephen G. Shoemaker is a Senior Vice President at CBRE’s Saddle Brook, NJ, office, specializing in industrial sales and leasing with a focus on the tri-state area. He has completed over 200 acres of land sales and leases and 10 million square feet of building sales and leases.
Stephen collaborates with many Fortune 500 clients nationally on supply chain strategy implementation, as well as with regional and local industrial occupiers. He is committed to implementing top-tier service strategies at CBRE, taking a holistic approach to transactions for successful outcomes.
His client base includes public and private REITs, private equity firms, high-net-worth individuals, and various tenants in sectors such as final-mile distribution, LTL, food and beverage, 3PL, bulk distribution, drayage/port, intermodal, container storage, trailer parking, and retail logistics.
Stephen has represented prominent landlords like LINK, Brookfield, Realterm, Seagis, and Prologis, as well as notable tenants such as JB Hunt, NJ Transit, CVS, IMC Companies, and Goodwill.
His real estate career began as an intern at Urstadt Biddle Properties in Greenwich, Connecticut, followed by a summer internship at Boston Properties in Manhattan. Stephen graduated from Yale University, where he was a four-year member of the varsity football team. After graduating, he became a Senior Analyst at Realterm, focusing on sourcing, underwriting, and due diligence for logistics-centric heavy industrial assets on the East Coast.
In November 2017, Stephen joined Cushman & Wakefield, where he excelled in industrial logistics and supply chain tenant and landlord representation, earning annual promotions and achieving the rank of Executive Director in 2023.
In January 2024, he joined CBRE, continuing his successful career trajectory.
Education
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Yale University, Political Science Interdisciplinary, Concentration in Environmental Economics & Policy
- NYU Schack, Summer Courses
Pro Affiliations / Accreditations
- Licensed Real Estate Salesperson, New Jersey
- National Association for Industrial and Office Parks (NAIOP)
- The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP)
Significant Transactions
Sales
- Equity Industrial Partners
Newark, NJ
IOS Land Sale
50 AC
- Link
Newark, NJ
Development Site Sale
10 AC
- Link
Bayonne, NJ
Development Site Sale
10 AC
- Prologis
Kearny, NJ
IOS Land Sale
10 AC
Leases
- Confidential
Newark, NJ
IOS Land Lease
40 AC
- CVS
Jersey City, NJ
Lease
450,000 SF
- Yes Way
Palmyra, NJ
Lease
300,000 SF
- Judge Organization
East Rutherford, NJ
Lease
200,000 SF
- Sarcona/Port Kearny Security
Linden, NJ
Lease
200,000 SF
- NJ Transit
Kearny, NJ
Lease
150,000 SF
Clients Represented
Occupiers
- BASF
- Bechtel Corporation
- Covanta
- CVS*
- GAF
- Goodwill*
- Hertz
- H&M Intermodal*
- INVESCO
- JB Hunt*
- JD.com*
- KPMG
- NBC Universal
- NJ Transit*
- NY Giants
- Quest Diagnostics
- Sony
- Stryker Corporation
- Toys “R” US
- Volvo
- Yesway Logistics*
Landlords
- Brookfield
- Criterion
- Elion
- Lincoln Equities
- LINK
- Prologis
- Realterm
- Sagard
- Seagis
- Sitex
- Venture One
*previous firm
