Steve Phillips leads the construction side of our business and brings to Action Properties over 30 years of experience in the retail commercial real estate industry with a wide range of real estate and construction responsibilities and accomplishments. Steve spent most of his career on the corporate or tenant side of the business responsible for site selection, lease negotiations, market planning, property management, construction project management and design with regional chains in the retail, restaurant and supermarket sectors. As the Vice President of Real Estate and Construction for McAlister’s Deli, he led a team that developed over 250 fast casual restaurants in shopping centers, freestanding buildings and non-traditional locations and led a redesign of the restaurant environment and implemented the remodeling and conversion to the new design. Over the course of his career, he has worked extensively in both large and small markets across the eastern two-thirds of the U.S. Steve graduated from Mississippi State University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and earned his MBA at Millsaps College. While at MSU, he competed on the rifle shooting team earning All-SEC honors. He and his wife, Angela, are Mississippi natives with three children and members of St. Paul Catholic Church in Flowood. In any free time, you can find Steve and his family camping, hiking, shooting, or just about any activity that gets them outdoors.
