Matt Stephens serves as a Director of Valuation & Advisory Services in Partner’s St. Louis, Missouri office and is a Midwest regional lead of the National Multifamily Practice and a member of the National Self-Storage Practice.
Mr. Stephens is an accomplished real estate professional with 20+ years of experience advising major financial institutions, institutional investors, private equity firms, and family offices across the United States. Over the past five years, he has completed and/or advised on more than $6 billion in aggregate transaction and valuation/advisory assignments, spanning strategic advisory, asset valuation, and investment sales.
Prior to joining Partner Valuation Advisors, Mr. Stephens has held senior roles across valuation/advisory and capital markets since 2002, including Commercial Appraisal Network, LLC (Vice President), Grubb & Ellis Landauer (opened and led the St. Louis office, 2011–2012), and CBRE, Inc. (Vice President/Team Lead, 2012–2021). From 2021 through the end of 2025, he led the multifamily investment sales team in St. Louis for Cushman & Wakefield as Director – Capital Markets | Investment Sales.
Mr. Stephens has experience across a wide range of property types, including multifamily, self-storage, retail, industrial, office, agricultural, manufactured housing communities, auto dealerships, gas stations, seniors housing, schools, hotels, recreation facilities, and off-airport parking facilities, supporting assignments for refinancing, acquisition, internal decision-making, estate planning, market and feasibility studies, tax credit analysis, and going-concern valuations.
Mr. Stephens currently serves as a coach for two youth sports teams at St. Justin the Martyr in St. Louis, Missouri, and he enjoys spending his free time with his wife and four daughters.