Steven Weinstock
Senior Vice President/Regional Manager
Marcus & Millichap
Oak Brook, Illinois
For more than three decades, Steven Weinstock has thrived in commercial real estate. He’s done this not by following any secret formula, but by working hard, studying his markets and building relationships with clients and his fellow brokers.
Today, Weinstock is Senior First Vice President/Regional Manager of Marcus & Millichap’s Chicago Oak Brook office, leading this office to prolonged success in the competitive Chicago CRE market. He also serves as the National Director of the Self-Storage Division and National Director of the Land & Redevelopment Division, two more leadership positions at which he has excelled.
Weinstock began his commercial real estate career in the 1980s, leasing office properties in metro Detroit. Eventually, he opened his own brokerage and property management company and sold it to Trammell Crow Company in 1994.
He joined Marcus & Millichap’s Detroit office in April 2001 becoming Vice President of Investments, Director of the National Multi Housing Group, and Member of the National Self-Storage Group. Weinstock is the recipient of multiple national achievement and sales recognition awards.
Despite his success, Weinstock faced challenges early in his career, when he worked as an office leasing broker in the Detroit market.
“I failed to get any traction,” Weinstock said.
One day, the head of brokerage told Weinstock to leave the office every morning by 8:30 a.m. and not return until 4 p.m. each day.
“He said I should walk into office buildings, floor by floor, knock on doors and talk to tenants,” Weinstock said. “I felt I had no choice but to follow his directive. Magic happened! I realized how important it was to overcome my fear of rejection and simply talk with people.”
As Weinstock says today, CRE professionals succeed through their relationships with owners, brokers and the rest of the commercial real estate industry.
“It is the ability to execute fundamental activities that insures success over time,” Weinstock said. “Many people look for a shortcut. But it’s all about fundamental activity. I’ve learned, too, that failure is not final. In fact, we often learn more from our failures than our successes.”
Weinstock joined the management team in 2008 when he served as Sales Manager of the Columbus and Cincinnati offices. In 2009, he was named Regional Manager of Chicago Oak Brook, ultimately earning the title of Senior Vice President in 2023. He became National Director of the Land & Redevelopment Division in 2016 and the Self-Storage Division in 2020.
Weinstock received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Michigan and a Juris Doctor degree from Wayne State University Law School. He earned the Certified Commercial Investment Member designation.
Weinstock enjoys serving on the Executive Board of the Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation, a foundation committed to cancer research as well as education/mentorship programs designed to provide college and graduate students with exposure to, and experience in, the commercial real estate industry.
Weinstock and his wife, Lisa, reside in Chicago and have two sons, Nathan and Jeremy. In his free time, he enjoys hiking, swimming and traveling. Weinstock commits to swimming one mile three days a week.
