Steve Legendre
About Steve
Steve Legendre, CCIM serves on Stirling’s Commercial Brokerage Division as Regional Vice President and Baton Rouge Market Leader. Since 1995, Steve has focused on helping clients with the acquisition, disposition and site selection related to Industrial and Office Properties, Land, and Real Estate Investments across Louisiana and the Gulf South. As a consistent Top Producer, Legendre has built a strong reputation in the industry based on his track record of successful transactions, professionalism and ethical conduct. Legendre is committed to understanding and meeting the specific needs of his clients, offering personalized advice and solutions tailored to their investment goals and requirements. Legendre fulfills a “Player/Coach” role as Market Leader for Stirling’s Baton Rouge Brokerage Office. Using expert knowledge, networking skills, negotiation expertise and persistence and drive, Legendre maintains his existing long-term relationships while continuing to cultivate new opportunities for the Stirling team through his focused value-add approach to the business.
Before joining Stirling, Steve, along with Ben Graham, CCIM, and Justin Langlois, CCIM, founded SVN | Graham, Langlois & Legendre (SVN GLL), a full-service commercial real estate brokerage firm based in Baton Rouge servicing Louisiana’s Gulf Coast.
Steve earned his Bachelor of Science degree in General Business Administration from the University of New Orleans’ College of Business Administration in 1990. He began his commercial real estate career in 1995. In 2001, Legendre achieved the Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation. In 2014, Legendre earned his Louisiana Broker’s License. Over the course of his career, Steve has held several board positions, including the Greater Baton Rouge Association of Realtors (GBRAR) Trends Committee, the GBRAR Commercial Investment Division (CID), and the CCIM Louisiana Chapter. He served as president of the GBRAR Commercial Investment Division in 2022 and as president of the Louisiana Commercial Database Board of Directors in 2023. Steve is currently the Trends in Real Estate Chairperson, sits on the Board of Directors for LACDB and is a Board Member for Project 70805, a local non-profit promoting social and economic growth in the North Baton Rouge area. Legendre served as committee chair for the Istrouma Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America Golf Tournament and continues to serve as an active member of the committee.
Legendre has been a member of St. George Parish since 1995 and has served in various leadership positions for both the school and church over the years.
Stacy Taylor
About Stacy
Professional History
Stacy has been in the commercial real estate business for 26 years. He began his career in the Atlanta market as an office broker, working for Grubb & Ellis Company and later starting his own firm, Taylor Real Estate Services. Stacy relocated to Pensacola in 2012 and joined Beck Partners CRE as the managing broker. He was an integral part of the growth that led to the subsequent sale of Beck Partners CRE to Stirling Properties LLC. At Stirling he’s been serving as the market leader for NW Florida and is acting in a full time brokerage role.
In 2017, Stacy and Justin Beck formed Bayfront Capital Parters, which is a boutique real estate investment firm focused on value-add opportunities along the Gulf Coast. Bayfront has completed seventeen transactions totaling over $100 million dollars in asset value and spread across multiple property types including office/medical office, multifamily, and retail.
Educational History
Stacy graduated from the University of Mississippi, earning a business major with an emphasis in Insurance and Real Estate. He was a member of the University golf team, as well as a member of the Kappa Alpha Order fraternity.
Community, Leadership, Certifications & Awards
- CCIM designation (Certified Commercial Investment Member)
- SIOR office designation (Society of Industrial and Office Realtors)
- Licensed broker in Georgia, Alabama, and Florida
- President of the UM Alumni Association and helped start the chapter in With his team, he initiated a scholarship endowment fund, currently half-way from being able to send a child to school using only their scholarship.
- ICSC Member
- Atlanta Commercial Board
Family & Hobbies
Stacy is happily married to his wife, Tina Taylor. Together they have three kids: Whitney, Will, and Avery. He enjoys spending time with his family and attending his kids sporting events. All three of his children are heavily active in sports. When he is not watching the kids, Stacy enjoys boating and playing golf which is his favorite hobby and true passion. His favorite catchphrase is: “Things are never quite as bad as they seem, but they never are quite as good as they seem either. So, keep your head down and keep working.”
Justin Langlois
About Justin
Justin Langlois, CCIM serves as Regional Vice President with Stirling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He specializes in investment sales, primarily retail, office, and healthcare. His commercial real estate skill set includes sales and leasing, landlord and tenant representation, sublease representation, REO and bank foreclosures, sale/leaseback, lease negotiation, real estate investment analysis, financial feasibility, and site selection.
Justin has been actively involved in the commercial real estate industry since 2006. He earned the prestigious CCIM designation in 2010. He previously served as Managing Director with SVN | Graham, Langlois & Legendre commercial real estate firm in Baton Rouge, which he founded with partners Ben Graham and Steve Legendre. Their SVN office was consistently recognized as a Top 25 office nationally out of 200+ offices across the United States.
Justin is an executive member of the board of directors for the Baton Rouge Growth Coalition and serves as secretary for the organization. He is also a board member with Volunteers of America: South Central Louisiana. Langlois He supports various nonprofits and community groups, including The Chapel on the Campus (LSU), Campus Crusade for Christ (CRU), Mary Bird Perkins – Investors Collective, and Volunteers of America.
Justin is married to Dodi Langlois, and they have four beautiful children. He is the proud father of three daughters, Harper, Eliza, and Remy, and a son, Max. Born and raised in Baton Rouge, Justin graduated from Louisiana State University Lab School (1999) and earned a B.A. in English from Millsaps College (2003) in Jackson, MS.
Justin Beck
About Justin
Justin began his career in commercial real estate working at Beck Partners in 2005, where he started as a sales associate. Currently, he is Stirling’s Vice President of the Florida Region. He has a deep understanding of real estate investment, ground-up development, and value-add investment strategies. Over the past decade, he completed nearly 1,500 transactions totaling more than $500,000,000.
Justin has a BS in Business Management from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. While at UAB, Justin was a member of the Baseball team. He is also a CCIM, SIOR and CPM Designee.
Justin has a lovely wife and three children. In his free time, he enjoys the outdoors, especially fishing and hunting. Justin has a deep appreciation for the natural world and loves all things conservation.
Business Affiliations
- CPM Designation from IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management)
- CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member) designee from the Certified Commercial Investment Institute
- SIOR industrial/office designation awarded by the Society of Industrial and Office REALTORS®
- Recognized as a National Developing Leader by NAIOP (National Association of Industrial and Office Properties)
- Voted as one of Real Estate Forum Magazine’s Best Young Professionals in the Southeast
- Former Chairman of the Greater Pensacola Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
- Past President of NAIOP NWFL (Northwest Florida)
- State board member of NAIOP
- Licensed Real Estate Broker in Florida and Alabama
- Member of Leadership Pensacola, Class of 2008
- Former Chairman of Sacred Heart Foundation Board of Directors
- Independent News “40 under 40” Young Professionals
- Pensacola News Journal’s Top 12 Professionals under 40
- Board Member Conservation Florida
Benjamin N. Graham
About Ben
Benjamin Graham serves as Regional Vice President for Stirling’s commercial real estate team, working from the company’s Baton Rouge office. He is at the forefront of providing real estate solutions and value-oriented strategies for his clients, translating goals and requirements into executable real estate strategies.
With a background in commercial appraisal and experience in project leasing, national tenant representation, investment sales, industrial sales and site selection, Ben has the expertise to handle most any assignment. Ben’s depth of experience and analytical skills contribute to improving each transaction and his clients’ overall business operations. He has successfully negotiated more than 500 retail leases across the country with a variety of users, including ALDI, Rouses Markets, Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, McDonald’s, Jason’s Deli, 7 Brew Coffee, Ochsner Medical, Orangetheory Fitness, Exxon, Eisenberg Development Company and others.
With more than 20 years of experience, Ben is a highly regarded CRE veteran in Louisiana.. This experience, combined with his finance and appraisal background, assures that the best solution is developed and implemented.
Ben is a Board Member of the West Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce and is active within ICSC (International Council of Shopping Centers), CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member), Baton Rouge Board of Realtors (Commercial Investment Division), SIOR (Society of Office and Industrial Realtors), Retail Brokers Network (RBN) Southeast Committee, Krewe of Achilles, Rotary International and Coastal Conservation Association.
An avid Tigers fan, Mr. Graham is a 2000 graduate of Louisiana State University with a bachelor’s degree in Real Estate Finance. Outside of the office Ben enjoys an active lifestyle with his two children and amazing wife, including fishing, hunting, traveling and driving his two children to various sporting events.
Amanda Goldman
About Amanda
Amanda Goldman has been active in real estate for thirteen years. She joined Stirling’s commercial real estate team in January of 2017, working from the company’s Mobile, Alabama office, where she is responsible for sales and leasing, tenant and landlord representation, investment sales, and special projects as an Advisor. She is currently a candidate for the designation of Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM). Recently, in addition to her role as an Advisor, Amanda was awarded the position of Executive Administrator of the Advisory Division at Stirling where her mission is to regulate and execute the administrative duties for over 56 Advisors in the company.
Following 11 years of service in the United States Air Force, Ms. Goldman has spent more than 30 years in sales, developing an expertise in working with national and local businesses and providing quality service.
She is an active member of the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the Commercial Exchange Group for Baldwin County, and ICSC (International Council of Shopping Centers). A native of Manhattan, New York, Amanda is blessed with three grown daughters and ten grandchildren.
