Steven D. Zimmerman, President and Owner/Broker, Restaurant Realty Company

Steven has personally sold over 400 restaurant, bar/or club businesses since 1996. (see the section titled Restaurants Sold).  His real estate experience also includes sales, acquisitions and management of numerous properties throughout California including single family homes, apartments and hotels.

Prior to starting Restaurant Realty Steven had over 20 years of restaurant experience and was President and Chief Executive Officer of Zim's Restaurants, which was one of the largest privately owned restaurant chains in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Steven is a graduate of the University of San Francisco's School of Business Administration and Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration and holds a State of California College Teaching Credential and California State Real Estate Brokers License. Steven has taught management courses at San Francisco City College Hotel and Restaurant School and the former School for Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management at Golden Gate University.  Steven has been a regular guest lecturer at the California Culinary Academy (CCA) in San Francisco for several years,  and is a member of the Golden Gate Restaurant Association, Cornell University's Hotel Society, Cornell University's Real Estate Council, California Association of Business  Brokers (CABB), and the International Business Brokers Association (IBBA). Steven also chairs a monthly community homeless lunch program in Marin County.

Phone:       415-945-9701
Email:        steve@restaurantrealty.com
Website:    www.RestaurantRealty.com

Jacob Zimmerman, President and Owner, Restaurants For Sale Online, LLC

Jacob launched Restaurants For Sale Online in 1999 which has since grown to be one of the largest listing services exclusive to food-service business opportunities. Simultaneously Jacob works for Restaurant Realty Company, California's largest restaurant business brokerage, acting as the Director of Information Technology providing IT management, online marketing and restaurant valuation analysis. Jacob speaks with restaurant owners and operators on a daily basis and has developed relationships with thousands of owners and brokers throughout the United States and some international locations.

Jacob has also previously worked as a Consulting and Valuation Analyst for HVS International in the San Francisco office where he conducted hotel/motel valuations, market studies, feasibility reports, and preparation of sales offering packets. Jacob has assisted in appraising close to $2 billion in hospitality real estate assets.

During his time at HVS, Jacob established corporate contacts with every single major hospitality company in the world including Marriott, Hilton, Starwood, Fairmont, Four Seasons, Hyatt, Carlson, Wyndham, Kimpton, Accor, Intercontinental, and Cendant. Jacob has also developed relationships with Managing Directors and Vice Presidents of consulting firms and banks including Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch, U.S. Bank, GMAC, CIGNA, Capital Source, CW Capital, Formation Capital, Union Bank of California, HVS International, and PKF Consulting. 

Jacob is a graduate of Cornell University where he received a Bachelor of Science from the School of Hotel Administration with a concentration in Real Estate Development. Jacob also served as the first Director of Information Technology for the Cornell Hotel Society Collegiate Chapter.

Phone:       877-833-4102
Email:        jzimmerman@rfso.com
Website:    www.Restaurants-For-Sale.com


 

Disclaimer: The information in our articles has been provided by Restaurant Realty Company in collaboration with Restaurants For Sale Online. Restaurant Realty Company and Restaurants For Sale Online assumes no responsibility for decisions made by buyers, sellers or other parties to any transaction. Information has been provided based on experience and research. The results of various articles and studies reflect such information. Restaurant Realty Company and Restaurants For Sale Online assumes no responsibility for pricing or recommendation of pricing to any of our users. If you are interested in buying a business, Restaurants For Sale Online, LLC recommends you do your own due diligence to verify the source of any information provided to you by a seller and/or intermediary. If you are interested in selling your business, Restaurants For Sale Online recommends you contact an intermediary that specializes in transactions similar to the respective business.