Douglas Elliman introduced its prime dealmakers, spotlighting a mixture of the standard suspects together with a number of new names from an eventful yr for the brokerage that noticed a variety of high-profile exits and pivots in its business.
The agency on Tuesday introduced its annual Ellie award winners, together with brokers and groups who achieved the very best gross fee incomes, gross sales volumes and variety of transactions final yr.
Elliman CEO Michael Liebowitz wrote in a press release that he was “regularly impressed by” the winners and different brokers on the agency, which he described as “important to reaching our daring imaginative and prescient for progress, innovation, and enduring success.”
The Eklund-Gomes Crew, led by John Gomes and Fredrik Eklund, as soon as once more secured the No. 1 spot among the many agency’s rainmakers, snagging the most important gross sales quantity and GCI of the nationwide enterprise groups. In final yr’s awards, the workforce was adopted by Noble Black & Companions, the founding father of which left Elliman for Corcoran in September, together with 10 of its members.
The Altman Brothers Crew, led by brothers Matt and Josh Altman and Josh’s spouse, Heather, was the brokerage’s top-performing nationwide mega workforce by GCI and gross sales quantity. It was additionally the main megateam in California by GCI, rental GCI and gross sales quantity.
Each the Eklund-Gomes Crew and the Altman Brothers Crew joined the brokerage’s Billion Greenback Membership, honoring brokers and groups with annual gross sales exceeding $1 billion.
Additionally among the many nationwide prime producers was the Sarkis Crew, honored as the highest giant workforce by gross sales quantity and GCI. The Boston-based workforce, led by brothers George and Manny Sarkis, was additionally the No. 1 giant workforce in Massachusetts. The duo launched their very own private listing network in December, amid an industry-wide debate over the position of aggregators and a number of itemizing companies in promoting properties.
The agency additionally ranked Dina Goldentayer, a Miami-based dealer, as the highest particular person agent by gross sales quantity and GCI each nationally and in Florida.
In Manhattan, Ann Cutbill Lenane once more topped the agency’s rankings in variety of transactions and gross sales quantity, and the Michael Lorber Crew topped all giant groups in transactions, gross sales quantity and GCI. Lenane positioned twenty second in The Actual Deal’s latest ranking of the highest resale brokers in New York Metropolis with $77 million in sell-side offers, adopted by Lorber’s workforce, with a quantity of $76 million.
In Brooklyn, the brokerage honored Michael Gidaly because the top-performing agent by quantity and GCI, whereas Robert Nicoletti had probably the most transactions. The Jessica Peters Crew stole the highest spot amongst giant groups within the borough. Within the earlier version of the Ellies, the Lindsey Barton Barrett workforce landed because the agency’s prime small workforce, although this yr, the award went to the Maroni Crew. Barrett left Elliman to join Compass in January.
Within the Hamptons, Erica Grossman was the top-performing agent by gross sales quantity and GCI< whereas Kristy Naddell had probably the most transactions. The Atlantic Crew ranked because the No. 1 workforce by gross sales quantity and GCI, whereas the Connelly Crew had probably the most transactions.
Grossman, together with Paul Brennan and Martha Gundersen, closed the No. 2 deal within the Hamptons when Shutterstock founder Jonathan Oringer offered his house at 125 Mid Ocean Drive for $57 million in October. Grossman and the Atlantic Crew additionally closed the No. 3 deal, the $32 million sale of online game developer Matthew Karch’s property at 33 Lily Pond Lane in September.
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