Steve made his career path into the custom luxury homebuilding business by way of Wall Street. Steve earned his MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University and then spent several years on Wall Street structuring and selling derivatives products. Steve also spent five years as a trader at a hedge fund where he successfully managed and grew the firm’s convertible arbitrage trading strategy.
In 2006, Steve made the leap from the financial industry to the luxury construction business by joining Heritage Luxury Builders. Steve spent seven years at Heritage Luxury Builders developing the luxury custom construction business at Heritage from the ground level. During his years with Heritage, Steve gained extensive construction knowledge by managing all aspects of Heritage’s construction projects, from the grass roots level to putting entire deals together. Steve’s responsibilities included managing all aspects of the company’s custom home projects, general business development, and building the Heritage Luxury Builders brand name through various co-marketing and sponsorship channels.
Steve has capitalized on all of his past experience and founded Newgard Custom Homes, a new type of residential building company that puts the client first and focuses on innovation in residential construction. Steve brings a client-focused, highly organized, and detail-oriented approach new construction. Steve’s ability to seamlessly guide clients through the custom building process and make the construction of clients’ dream homes into an efficient and hassle-free experience is what distinguishes Newgard from other residential home builders on the North Shore
Having grown up on the North Shore and graduated from New Trier, Steve has returned to the North Shore to raise his family in Glencoe. Steve is committed to better living on the North Shore and improving and serving its neighborhoods. Steve has been involved in coaching baseball with the Glencoe Baseball Association, and other local charitable organizations.
Steve is a licensed Illinois Realtor and is a member of the Newgard Team at @properties North Shore.