Steve Josovitz of The Shumacher Group Wins the 2025 GABB Top Five & Multi-Million Dollar Club Awards for 34th Year Selling Restaurants and Businesses. Steve Josovitz is the highest grossing Restaurant Business Broker in Georgia History.
2025 was another record setting year thanks to so many incredible Clients who entrusted us with getting them to the finish line. We are honored and grateful for the hard work of all Sellers, Buyers, Co-Brokers, Landlords and our Legal Team Stephen M. Levinson and Elizabeth LaSelva. Couldn’t have gotten here without Harold Shumacher who took a chance on me in 1992 and Peter Kruskamp President of The Shumacher Group, Inc. who smoothly steers us forward.
Additionally for Retail Leasing and Commercial Real Estate Steve Josovitz receives the CoStar Power Broker Award and Platinum Broker Award by CREXI. annually
Steve Josovitz is awarded the “ GABB Top Five & Multi-Million Dollar Club Award” annually as the top-selling single restaurant business broker in Georgia and the Nation every year since 1992.
Steven’s “Mission Statement” is always “Making sure all parties – buyers, sellers, and landlords walk away from the closing table happy. Maintaining integrity and honesty along with professionalism and expertise is a must. The needs of your clients and those you work with must always come first before a commission or personal gain.”
STEVEN JOSOVITZ is the Executive Vice-President and Associate Broker of The Shumacher Group, Inc.having joined the firm in 1992. As an Associate Real Estate Broker, he heads up the company’s restaurant business brokerage division he formed in addition to providing commercial retail and restaurant real estate site selection, sales, and lease negotiation expertise.
A former restaurant owner and trained professional chef, Steven has an extensive background in restaurant and hotel management. He also offers consulting, and appraisal services and is retained by top law firms for his expert opinion to help settle disputes. Mr. Josovitz earned a B.S. in Hotel/Restaurant Management from Florida International University in 1981 in addition to graduating from the Statler Hilton Hotel School at SUNY-Sullivan in 1979 majoring in Culinary Arts and studyied Food Service Management at Oxford Polytechnic, England in 1980.
Mr. Josovitz is a member of the Georgia Restaurant Association, Georgia Association of Business Brokers (GABB), the International Council of Shopping Centers, and the Retail Brokers Network. As a 34-year GABB member, Mr. Josovitz was awarded Life Member, The Phoenix Award, Silver Phoenix Award and annually receives the Multi-Million Dollar Club Award and Top Five Award annually for business and restaurant brokerage sales in Georgia.
Steven’s Mission Statement is always to “Make sure all Parties, Buyers, Sellers, and Landlords walk away from the closing table happy. Maintaining integrity and honesty along with professionalism and expertise is a must. The needs of your clients and those you work with must always come first before commissions or personal gain.”
