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STEVE BARROUK
VICE PRESIDENT OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
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barrouk.jpg Steve is responsible for identifying new business opportunities for the company, as well as for listing and selling commercial and industrial real estate.

Steve was the past President/CEO of the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business and Industry and previously served as Executive Director of the Allegheny County Industrial Development Authority. Throughout his career, he assisted hundreds of businesses in Northeastern and Southwestern Pennsylvania. His efforts included marketing, property disposition and acquisitions, public-private development and finance.

In his previous positions, Steve developed adoptive re-use projects like converting steel mills to multiple-tenant mixed uses and department stores into mixed use office and retail. He led the development efforts to create over 5,000 acres into suburban industrial parks. Steve also chaired the Luzerne County Convention Center Authority that built an 8,600 seat arena and secured a professional hockey franchise. He developed an “urban life style center” involving a fourteen screen theater, loft apartments and commercial space in downtown Wilkes-Barre.

Steve received his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from the University of Pittsburgh. He serves on the Board of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance, 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania, the United Way, Children’s Service Center and the Luzerne/Schuylkill Counties Workforce Investment Board. He is the past Chairman of the Pennsylvania Economic Development Association.

Steve and Ellen, his wife of 33 years, reside in Wilkes-Barre. They raised three sons and are the proud grandparents of five grandchildren.