Philip D. Estep, President

Philip D. Estep, both President of HEI and owner-broker of ERES, has over 30 years of experience in adaptive reuse of historic properties. A pioneer of loft conversion in New York City's Soho district, in 1974 he served as Treasurer of a corporation that converted a 70,000 sf warehouse into living lofts and art galleries using the J-51 Tax Abatement plan, and obtained the first oversize building variance that made Soho's spectacular transformation possible. Estep then spent 15 years in Paris, France, as an investor and design-builder, working with properties up to 300 years old in the districts of Beaubourg, the Marais, the Latin Quarter and Neuilly. Also, in historic Montmartre, he constructed a new six-story townhouse, and had several projects featured in French architecture magazines. Since returning to the USA, Estep worked in Washington, D.C. as an agent licensed in D.C., Maryland and Virginia, before returning to his native St. Louis where he formed ERES and HEI. Estep is a licensed Real Estate Broker in the State of Missouri and a REALTOR...