Joseph Stevens

Biography: Joe Stevens has over 30 years of diverse commercial real estate experience in structured finance, capital markets and equity investing across multiple strategies and asset classes. Over his career, Joe has held leadership roles at two publicly traded REITs, as well as at financial institutions. He founded a boutique real estate capital advisory and investment firm, JACKS Realty Capital. JACKS advises publicly-traded REITs and private equity-backed real estate investment managers. In addition, JACKS actively and passively invests in core-plus, value-add and opportunistic residential and commercial real estate investments with superior risk-adjusted return profiles. From 2014 to 2021, Joe was a member of the leadership team of the $3 billion debt and equity platform at Annaly Commercial Real Estate (NYSE:NLY). He launched their joint venture equity program and subsequently headed their bridge loan originations team. Prior to Annaly, Joe was hired as head of the CRE strategy and later became a top producer for CIBC’s US debt business covering private equity funds, REITs and real estate developers. From 2001 to 2009, Joe co-managed an alternative investment platform at Kimco Realty Corporation (NYSE:KIM) investing in special situations, private equity, redevelopments, and other high-yielding credit investments. Earlier in his career, he held various structured finance and originations roles at GE Capital Real Estate. Joe graduated from Duke University with a BA degree in public policy. He serves on the CRC Green Product Council and is also an active member of ICSC and Mortgage Bankers Association. He currently serves on the advisory board of HoneyBricks, a blockchain-enabled PropTech company.