Our Vision
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Steven D. Brand
Co-Managing Director
| Phone: | (610) 940-9220 x100 |
| Fax: | (610) 940-1996 |
sbrand@visiongroupventures.com
Steven D. Brand is the co-managing director and co-founder of Vision Properties which was formed in 2000. Mr. Brand has over 25 years of experience in commercial real estate investment, finance and development and has structured over one billion dollars in equity and debt capital transactions and negotiated numerous acquisitions, land assemblages and joint ventures. Mr. Brand has participated in over six million square feet of office development, regional malls, shopping centers, golf courses, land, and multi-family development projects.
From April 1998 to November 2000, Mr. Brand was the Co-Founder and Co-Manager of Balanced Capital, LLC. Balanced Capital, LLC was a Venture Capital Firm which raised funds through private placements along with principal participation and invested in various companies doing business in a variety of industries along with real estate investments.
From January 1994 to April 1998, Mr. Brand was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bond and Mortgage Company, in Blue Bell Pennsylvania. During this time, he also completed the permanent financing of the King of Prussia Mall complex for $240 million with Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.
From 1990 to 1994, Mr. Brand was Vice President of Finance and Acquisitions for Kravco Company, a leading real estate development and asset management company. He was responsible for Kravcos relationships with the institutional and banking communities in connection with financing new acquisitions and refinancing existing projects. During his tenure at Kravco company. Mr. Brand negotiated on behalf of Kravco a construction/ renovation loan for the King of Prussia Mall expansion. He also negotiated a permanent loan with Cigna Investments, Inc. for the Oxford Valley Mall. In addition, he was responsible for business apartment, and retail loans totaling in excess of $400 million.
Prior to joining Kravco Company, Mr. Brand was employed by the Hansen Group., a regional real estate and financial services holding company. Mr. Brand was Senior Vice President of Finance, where he participated in the financing of business, office and residential loans totaling in excess of $300 million. Mr. Brand was also responsible for the Analysis and Tax departments for the Company.
Mr. Brand has six years of public accounting experience, three in the audit department of Coopers & Lybrand and three in the tax department of Laventhol and Horwath. Mr. Brand received his Bachelor of Business Administration from Temple University and a Master of Taxation from Villanova University. As a CPA, he has lectured for the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce and has been published in the Pennsylvania CPA Journal.
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