Last month, the agents marketing a 90-unit condominium building, 77 Greenwich, held a sneak preview at the design gallery. In attendance was Dan Kaplan of FXCollaborative, the building’s architect, and Deborah Berke of Deborah Berke Partners, the property’s interior design firm. (Pictured) France Courchesne, sales director at The Marketing Directors, Deborah Berke, Partner at Deborah Berke Partners and Dan Kaplan, Senior Partner at FXCollaborative 
This week, the Hamptons Real Estate Association (“HREA”) announced the launch of a new advertising website designed specifically for consumers looking to rent or purchase in the Hamptons: HamptonsRE.com. Commissioned by the HREA—currently composed of The Corcoran Group, Saunders & Associates, Sotheby’s International Real Estate Inc., Brown Harris Stevens, and Halstead — from website designer Michael Gabriel, of Gabriel Technology Solutions, the site displays property listings from the different firms and offers potential buyers’ and renters’ property data. Robert Nelson, HREA President and Executive Managing Director for Brown Harris Stevens in the Hamptons, said, “This is a win-win for consumers and brokerages alike. We welcome other Hamptons brokerage firms to join the portal and add their listings to the website” (Pictured L-R) HREA members Theresa Quigley, Saunders & Associates; Robert Nelson, Brown Harris Stevens; Ed Reale, Sothebys; Marty Gleason, Corcoran; (Standing L-R) Andrew Saunders, Saunders & Associates; Cia Comnas, Brown Harris Stevens; Nanette Hansen, Sothebys; Ernie Cervi, Corcoran 
Last month, The Eklund Gomes Brooklyn Team of Douglas Elliman and Josh Schuster of Silverback Development, hosted a “State of the Market” discussion focused on Brooklyn. Panelists Jessica Peters, Fredrik Eklund, Josh Schuster and Lindsay Barrett discussed the new development landscape in the borough. Moderator, John Gomes, sparked dialogue on borough hot spots for new development and buyer trends and pricing. The event took place at 67 Livingston Street, a 22-unit Silverback Development being marketed by the Eklund Gomes team.
At Madison House, the tallest residential building in NoMad, a reception was recently held to celebrate the launch of sales. The team behind the Broken Shaker at the Freehand Hotel served specialty cocktails at the Madison House sales gallery. Noteworthy guests included Douglas Elliman’s Howard Lorber, Susan de Franca, and Karen Mansour, JD Carlisles’s Evan Stein, Jurg Rehbein, and Fosun International’s Matt Liang. Photo by Jason Malihani 
For over 20 years, Houlihan Lawrence has come together in support of Breast Cancer Awareness, the company’s largest philanthropic initiative. Thanks to the work of the company’s 1,300 real estate professionals, this year Houlihan Lawrence raised $150,000, a new company record. Integral to the success of the company’s efforts was a new “Stronger Together” marketing campaign. Unifying the company’s years-long efforts in support of Breast Cancer Awareness, the campaign harnessed the power of the company’s agents to generate awareness, support the region’s charitable walks and platform Houlihan Lawrence’s leadership position as a top corporate donor. With representation from each of Houlihan Lawrence’s offices and the participation of affiliate partners Thoroughbred Mortgage and Thoroughbred Title, 33 office teams pounded the pavement in support of the cause. (Pictured) The Houlihan Lawrence team at the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk at Manhattanville College. The teams also hosted more than 30 fundraising activities, from raffles to bake sales, cocktail hours to charity cycling events, yoga classes to pottery painting, and even a brewery tour. In addition to these walks, for the first time Houlihan Lawrence also participated in the American Cancer Society’s Real Men Wear Pink campaign, a month-long initiative to raise awareness and funds for the cause. 
Sarah Saltzberg and Jon Goodell, co-founding principals of Bohemia Realty Group, take a quick breather at The Bohemia Summit, an intensive, two-day business development symposium, featuring workshops, motivational speakers and real-time lead generation work groups. Nearly 150 Bohemia agents learned team building techniques, as well as the implementation of the firm’s new Cloze CRM technology. The event was held at the Wells Fargo Conference Center in Midtown.
Ryan Garson, an agent with Halstead, recently celebrated his fifth year in real estate by inviting every broker he has ever done a deal with for an appreciation breakfast at SocietyCafe. Social media guru Cynthia Irons was brought in to speak to guests about how they can better leverage social media for their businesses, as well as Halstead’s Chief Economist, Greg Heym who discussed the market. (Pictured L-R) Joseph Machado, Michael Calica, Samin Syed, Bryan Tomzcuk, Donald Sharpe, Samantha Gordon, Jessica Markowski, Brett Wexler, Maria Sivakova, Cynthia Irons, Ashlee Ott, Susan Holman, Jason Angrist, Ryan Garson, Carola Garson, Diane Ramirez, George Arana, Greg Heym, Sara Rotter, Vince Rocco, Wendy Gleason, Elise Ehrlich, Matt Martin, Cole Garson, Timothy Burch, Michael Biryla, Blaire Garson, Robert Shapiro, Zuhao Qin, Samantha DeQuadro. Photo by Rise Media. 
Prior to the Thanksgiving holiday, the star of Bravo’s Million Dollar Listing, Ryan Serhant, hosted Jewish National Fund-USA’s latest real estate event at Ronald S. Lauder JNF House on the Upper East Side. The sold-out event featured Manhattan real estate players discussing how to approach growing industry headwinds while also expressing optimism for the medium-term. The panel also discussed the importance of philanthropy and how it fits into their overall strategy. (Pictured L-R) Jeffrey Levine, Douglaston Development; Daniel and Miki Naftali, Naftali Group 
Prior to the Thanksgiving holiday, the star of Bravo’s Million Dollar Listing, Ryan Serhant, hosted Jewish National Fund-USA’s latest real estate event at Ronald S. Lauder JNF House on the Upper East Side. The sold-out event featured Manhattan real estate players discussing how to approach growing industry headwinds while also expressing optimism for the medium-term. The panel also discussed the importance of philanthropy and how it fits into their overall strategy. (Pictured L-R) Seth Neidermayer, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel; Mike Nemirovsky, Cushman & Wakefield; Michelle Kleger; Kensington Vanguard; Ryan Serhant; The Serhant Team; Ziel Feldman; HFZ Capital Group; Miki Naftali; Naftali Group (
