Making Moves
For such a tight-knit industry, real estate has a lot of players, and we’re keeping track of them in our Making Moves feature. Stay up to date on your colleagues in the industry, where they’ve been and where they’re going.
Christie’s International Real Estate cited its goal of working with independent firms and noted that Harry Norman is owned by HomeServices of America in explaining the moves.
The new hire tops a year of exponential growth for the eXp Realty brokerage, which added 30 agents over the preceding 12 months.
Level Craft Construction has historically focused on Avondale Estates, Decatur, Druid Hills, Morningside, Midtown, Oakhurst, East Lake, Candler Park, Edgewood and Virginia Highland.
The acquisition is the first by Grand Oak, a holding company formed to acquire and manage small builders across the U.S.
Board member Stephen Joyce will serve as interim CEO as the company conducts a search for a permanent replacement.
The brokerage, ERA Foster & Bond, is led by qualifying broker and owner Rusty Willis and associate broker and owner David Wrenn, who co-founded Capital City Realty in 2010.
Since 2020, the firm has brought on more than 20 agents with a range of REALTOR® experience.
In his new role, Andrew Wilson will be responsible for business development of advisory services, helping clients grow their businesses and providing data-driven housing-market solutions to the local homebuilding and multifamily residential industry.
The company plans to continue to add staff as more homeowners who are ready to move decide to keep their homes as investment properties.
Ivy League Realty was founded in 2019 by Ivy Sears and has a second office in LaGrange.
Chris Burell and Alex Page have joined Compass, as the managing director of Compass Georgia and the regional senior luxury marketing lead for Compass Atlanta, respectively.
In his expanded role, the executive will oversee Newmark’s strategic management of commercial real estate services throughout the Southeast, including Florida, North Carolina and Tennessee, as well as Atlanta, according to a press release.
The agents have been in the real estate business for over 20 years each and bring a “robust” book of business to the company, RE/MAX Around Atlanta said.
Guaranteed Rate’s Language Access Program (LAP) aims to connect more meaningfully with Spanish-speaking customers. Industry veteran Arlyn J. Kalinski will lead the initiative.
The agent has represented numerous trophy properties in Atlanta, thanks to her media-savvy marketing strategies and work with many of the city’s well-known clients in the music and film industries, Coldwell Banker said.
Realty ONE Group Terminus founder and CEO Adrian Provost said the agency will be headquartered in West Midtown Atlanta and have offices in Fairburn, Buckhead and downtown.