Douglas Elliman’s head of residential leasing Hal Gavzie is now not with the agency, The Actual Deal has realized.
Gavzie joined the agency virtually 10 years ago to take over its rental division. He added new growth leasing to his purview simply eight months later as the results of a restructuring. Over the subsequent decade, Gavzie oversaw the enlargement of Douglas Elliman’s leasing operations, together with new growth leasing in New York and South Florida.
Gavzie’s newest title was govt vp of residential gross sales and leasing.
Previous to becoming a member of Elliman, Gavzie held managing director roles at City Residential, Corcoran and Citi Habitats. Gavzie didn’t reply to a request for remark.
A spokesperson for Douglas Elliman declined to touch upon the exit and stated “we want Hal all the very best in his subsequent endeavor.” Elliman has not but introduced a alternative for Gavzie, the spokesperson stated.
The transfer is yet one more reshuffle of Elliman’s govt deck within the final a number of months.
The agency laid off four senior employees final month, together with the heads of agent coaching and growth and relocation and referrals. A spokesperson for Elliman beforehand stated these layoffs, which have been referred to internally as “organizational restructuring,” have been made for the sake of “operational effectivity.”
The agency additionally changed its chief advertising and marketing officer Stephanie Garbarini, who had been with the agency six years, with Natalie Passerini, who had beforehand been Elliman’s vp of promoting.
The agency has additionally constructed out its C-suite, selling Wendy Purvey to chief technique and hiring Chris Reyes as its chief expertise officer in November.
CEO Michael Liebowitz touted the corporate’s newest recruitment methods in a latest interview with The Actual Deal, with out pointing to particular strikes. “We’re mainly doing issues on the recruiting facet that Douglas Elliman by no means did earlier than,” he stated.
He additionally stated that the corporate was by “its transition” section, which included promoting off its property management arm and specializing in the Elliman model.
“We’re so completely transitioned,” he stated.
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