Steve is a 38-year veteran of the commercial real estate industry, entering the industry out of college as a commercial property manager in 1986, and transitioning to commercial real estate brokerage in 1996 with Trout Segall & Doyle. Steve partnered with others to form Trout Daniel & Associates, LLC in 2009, better known in the market today as TD&A. Steve remains an active Principal of TD&A.
Nearing four decades of total CRE experience, Steve has provided expert consultative services to countless corporate and high net worth clients, including owners, investors, and occupiers of commercial, office, industrial, self-storage, and investment real estate in the Great State of Maryland and beyond.
Steve presently leads TD&A’s Office-Industrial-Corporate (“OIC”) Team. He prides himself first and foremost on the high level of integrity of both the firm and his Team, followed closely by their commitment to a collaborative, open-minded approach to the expert advisory services they provide. As an investor and owner of commercial property himself, Steve can put himself in the shoes of other owners, thereby providing similar advice to his ownership clients that he expects to receive himself as a client. Steve places a high value on the relationships he has cultivated and maintains with family, friends, colleagues and clientele alike.
His steadfast goal in life is to be a valuable and helpful resource and connector for his relationships. Steve believes it is important to take the time necessary to scratch beneath the surface to truly understand the objectives and requirements of both existing and new relationships, both business and personal, in order to provide the high level of service he expects he and his team to provide. It is Steve’s commitment to integrity and collaboration, coupled with his resume of consulting and transacting on a wide array of sales and leases that has propelled TD&A’S OIC Team to be among the most versatile advisors in the commercial real estate brokerage business.
During his career, Steve has completed hundreds of leases and sales generating an aggregate value for his clients and customers estimated to exceed $750 million.