The Hollywood Reporter’s Power Broker Awards (BFA, The Culture Team)
It was comedy hour at The Hollywood Reporter’s Electrical power Broker Awards on Tuesday evening, the place 30 of Miami and Palm Beach’s major residential brokers had been nominated in a handful of categories.
Emcee Fredrik Eklund, of “Million Dollar Listing New York” fame and Douglas Elliman’s Eklund-Gomes Workforce, was prepared with the jabs, although he named it a rough group.
In his opening remarks, he quipped that if they all place their lender accounts with each other, perhaps they could afford to pay for a just one-bedroom at The Raleigh. (Michael Shvo and his companions approach to redevelop the Miami Beach resort into a Rosewood-branded luxurious hotel and rental.)
Eklund referred to Miami, Los Angeles and New York as “three evil sister markets.”
L.A. is a “tired old issue.” Miami, he additional, is young, a lot more interesting, has a lot more flexibility and will get much more awareness.
“Even the gays have moved on. Glimpse at Tom Ford,” he explained. The fashion designer not too long ago paid out $51 million for a home in Palm Beach. “Oh, but I’m not authorized to say gay right here,” Eklund added, referring to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ “Don’t Say Gay” legislation.
The inaugural Miami celebration, sponsored by general public relations firm The Modern society Group and Serious Messenger, brought the Who’s Who of actual estate down from Palm Beach front, which includes Corcoran’s Dana and Paulette Koch (who received the brokers of historic architecture award) and Douglas Elliman’s Chris Leavitt. It was held at the Faena Lodge in Miami Seaside.
Leading Miami brokers in attendance integrated Corcoran’s Julian Johnston, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices EWM Realty’s Ashley Cusack and Nelson Gonzalez, Elliman’s Senada Adzem, Compass’ Liz Hogan and Nancy Batchelor, Corcoran’s Mick Duchon and Eloy Carmenate, and Coldwell Banker’s Jill Hertzberg, Jill Eber and Judy Zeder.
The environment felt less cutthroat than at other marketplace activities, in component likely because of to the mother nature of the awards. It wasn’t about who introduced in the most revenue very last yr. Alternatively, the award categories lined accolades in philanthropy, media savviness and additional.
Kobi and Nancy Karp were being there with their son, Jordan Karp, who was nominated for the climbing star award. Spencer Schlager, an Elliman agent in Palm Seashore, gained the award.
When presenting the movie star home portfolio award, Tal Alexander, of Official, joked from the viewers that Eklund just cannot give the award to himself. Carl Gambino from Compass gained the category. Gambino referred to his humble beginnings as a pet walker, “picking up doggy shit for $15 an hour,” and thanking The Hollywood Reporter for this “nice award for a Guido from New York.”
There were being mixups. Eklund’s mispronunciation perplexed Dora (Puig) of Luxe Dwelling Realty with Dina (Goldentayer, who was absent). But Puig’s feeling of humor was on display. When Goldentayer was introduced as the winner of the media maven award, Puig jokingly asked if Oren Alexander would like to take the award on Goldentayer’s behalf, as the two have jabbed publicly just before.
And when Isaac Lustgarten, with the Alexander brothers’ company Official, assisted Puig up the stairs to take her award for new improvement condo sale of the yr, she claimed: “Wow, Oren, thank you for lending me Isaac for a minute. I considered he’d excursion me in excess of. Dina desires to thank all of you.”
The Alexanders, who still left Elliman final yr to start out their Side-backed brokerage, were nominated in the exact class.
In addition to Goldentayer, Chad Carroll from Compass, and independent brokers Christian Angle and Lawrence Moens ended up also nominated in various classes, but did not make it to the event.
Right before the awards, the nominees and their as well as-ones mingled at Faena, talking shop, such as about the slowing market place. After Eklund finished doling out awards, he and his small business companion John Gomes experienced to go away. They ended up web hosting a 2nd awards ceremony for their 100-agent moreover tremendous workforce at a close by hotel.
