Cushman & Wakefield’s David Greenberg, Gabriel Shamay, Christopher Passeggiata, Ely Silverstein, Jesse Lastofsky and Ryan Glasser (Cushman & Wakefield)
Up to date, Jan. 27, 3:09 p.m.
Cushman & Wakefield hired a group of brokers from a key competitor by hiring absent a Marcus & Millichap South Florida hospitality staff.
This week, David Greenberg, Gabriel Shamay, Christopher Passeggiata, Ely Silverstein, Jesse Lastofsky and Ryan Glasser joined Cushman & Wakefield in Boca Raton, as the brokerage seeks to increase its hospitality company in the Southeast U.S. They were previously in Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Lauderdale business.
The 6 brokers – together with Charleston, South Carolina-based mostly business realtor Rick Redmond, formerly with Hertz Realty Group – will concentration on investment profits, Greenberg and a Cushman & Wakefield spokesperson mentioned.
Harrison Rein, regional manager for Marcus & Millichap’s Miami office, did not respond to a voicemail and an email seeking comment. After publication, Marcus & Millichap’s Southeast Division Supervisor Ryan Nee informed TRD that Greenberg did not leave the brokerage in excellent standing.
“Marcus & Millichap terminated its marriage with Mr. Greenberg in June 2022,” Nee mentioned in an e-mail. “We want him effectively in his long term endeavors.”
Greenberg was an 18-12 months firm veteran who grew Marcus & Millichap’s South Florida hospitality organization, and mentored agents in the lodge sector, which includes Shamay and Passeggiata, in accordance to his bio.
“I had been chatting to Cushman for a even though,” Greenberg informed The True Offer. “There are far more chances with Cushman. The point that I can husband or wife with a world enterprise with offices all above the world, it widens the exposure for my customers to get the best eyes and genuine buyers hunting at promotions.”
For the duration of their tenure at Marcus & Millichap, Greenberg and his team generated $1.2 billion in income volume and closed offers in 23 states, in accordance to a push launch. Because the onset of the pandemic, the workforce has sold 53 motels and created more than $511 million in product sales, the launch also states.
Chicago-dependent Cushman & Wakefield has hospitality brokers in other offices that do promotions nationally, a business spokesperson mentioned. But Greenberg and his staff are going to target on growing Cushman’s reach in the Southeast U.S., the spokesperson included.
Other than for Richmond, the staff is dependent in Cushman’s Boca Raton office with the expectation that some of them will at some point be in Tennessee, Texas and other Sunbelt states so they can “be boots on the ground in other offices,” Greenberg explained.
Their initial 7 days is presently proving they designed the right transfer, Greenberg said. “Yesterday, I had a Zoom contact with individuals in France to discuss about expenditure chances below in the U.S.,” he stated. “Someone at Cushman quickly put me in contact with this group.”
For the duration of the courtship, he had many discussions and meetings with critical Cushman executives that produced him fully recognize the platform, assets and vast community of contacts the corporation gives agents, Greenberg mentioned. “The choice became quite very clear,” he said. “It definitely became a no-brainer that this is the ideal put for me and my staff.”
