Vice President
+1 858 546 5450
steven.hildebrand@cushwake.com
LIC# 01921356
Steven Hildebrand leads the Financial Advisory Services division of Cushman & Wakefield. Combining his financial and analytical expertise with capital markets knowledge and transactional experience, he provides unsurpassed investment advisory services to his clients in the face of a rapidly changing real estate landscape. Over his 17+ year career, he has participated in the acquisition and disposition of over $10.0 billion in real estate assets and in the origination of over $2.5 billion of debt and equity financing.
Prior to joining Cushman & Wakefield, Steven started his career at Legg Mason in the Investment Advisory Group, where his clients included pension funds, high net‐worth individuals, and sovereign wealth funds. Transitioning to Capmark (fka GMAC Commercial Mortgage) he led a team of underwriters handling loan originations, syndications, and securitizations of fixed and floating rate debt products. He went on to leverage his experience to purchase and originate a set of structured financing products including mezzanine loans and B‐notes for RAIT Financial Trust (NYSE: RAS). Subsequently, he went on to manage capital market transactions and assist a privately‐held asset manager and sponsor controlling over six million square feet of commercial space wind‐down its troubled fund operator and its funds.
Steven is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University with a B.S., Real Estate Business, a member of the Cushman & Wakefield Capital Markets Group, and holds a California Real Estate License.