The real estate vet for over 30 years spent around 15 years at the peak of his career at Douglas Elliman, and recently returned after about three years of stints with the Compass. His 19-man team also joined him in Elliman.
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New York-based agent John Lawrence has rejoined Douglas Elliman after spending about three years at the Compass.
Lawrence returns his 19-man team, Lawrence’s team, back to Elliman with him. The team will be based in Eliman’s flagship office at 575 Madison Avenue, but also exist in Long Island City and New Jersey.
Michael S. Leebowitz | Douglas Eliman
“As I’ve said since taking on the privilege of leading this great company, our agents and their expertise are the heart and soul of Douglas Elliman,” says Michael, president and CEO of Douglas Elliman. S. Liebowitz said in a statement. . “In this sense, John and the entire Lawrence team are very much involved in the brand at this brokerage.”
Lawrence began his real estate career in 1988 at the now-deprecated CIT, focusing on a rental-to-cooperative conversion project. He gradually climbed the ladder to land at Bermark, where he led the company’s biggest office and attracted the attention of Dotty Herman, former CEO of Douglas Elliman’s brokerage.
Herman recruited him to join Douglas Elliman in 2006, where he stayed until he joined Compass in the second half of 2021. Lawrence remained in the compass until December.
“We wish him the best of all success,” a compass representative said of Lawrence’s move.
Richard Ferrari | Douglas Eliman
According to Elliman’s press conference, Lawrence was the first Douglas Elliman to oversee billions of dollars deals from more than 400 brokers in three offices. He brokered a notable $35.5 million deal for apartment 81 at 157 East 57th Street, one of Manhattan’s biggest sales that year, before moving from sales management to sales in 2020. I’ve decided.
“In addition to being a top-performing agent, John is an extraordinary manager, cultivator and cultivator of talent,” says Douglas Elliman’s brokerage in New York City, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. said Richard Ferrari, president and CEO of the company. “We look forward to working with him to strengthen Douglas Elliman’s reputation as a home of a great career.”
The Lawrence team currently specializes in the Manhattan and Greater Tri-State areas, but Lawrence will expand its reach with more agents and staff to cover Westchester, Hampton and Florida over the next few years. I’m aiming for it.
John Lawrence | Douglas Eliman
“I spent many careers in sales management at Douglas Elliman, so I know first hand that other brokerage companies are not committed to the growth and success of their agents and teams,” Lawrence said in a statement. “My team and I couldn’t be happy to have built our home here in Elliman.”
Lawrence also serves on the board of Realm Global, the top 1% membership community of realm professionals around the world.
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