On March 5th, Douglas Elliman Real Estate, the nation’s third-largest residential real estate brokerage company, celebrated the firm’s world-class agents from around the nation at its annual awards ceremony – The Ellies. Top performers from the Hamptons, including Bridgehampton, East Hampton, Hampton Bays, Montauk, Quogue, Sag Harbor, Sagaponack, Southampton and Westhampton Beach, were among the honorees at this year’s event held at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT.
“Our wonderfully talented agents across the nation gave a very impressive performance this year, backed by a tremendous amount of dedication and passion for their work. We remain committed to providing all of our agents with the best in class technology, marketing and public relations to help them reach even greater heights in 2019, and we look forward to another triumphant year,” said Howard M. Lorber, Chairman, Douglas Elliman Realty, LLC.
“Congratulations to these agents, whose hard work has earned them this incredible distinction,” said Carl Benincasa, Regional Vice President of Sales Hamptons, Douglas Elliman. “I’m so proud of our entire team on the East End, which continues to grow and and succeed, thanks to Douglas Elliman’s deep commitment to its people. Elliman’s superior level of thought leadership and outstanding commitment to agent, administrative and organizational support has helped us to gain market share and finish another stellar year here in the Hamptons.”
In the Hamptons, the Top Individual prize based on Gross Commission Income (GCI) was awarded to Erica Grossman from the Southampton office. Additional individuals recognized by GCI were David Donohue (#2), Terry Thompson (#3), Dawn Neway (#4), Steven Rosmarin (#5), Michaela Keszler (#6), Christopher Stewart (#7), Carol Nobbs (#8), Priscilla Garston (#9) and Lori Barbaria (#10).
The Hamptons award for Top Team by GCI went to The Enzo Morabito Team of the Bridgehampton office for the ninth consecutive year. Other Top 5 Teams by GCI in the Hamptons included The Atlantic Team (#2), The Avigdor/Penkova Team (#3), The Nigro Team (#4) and The Aarons/Goodstein Team (#5).
The Atlantic Team, based in the East Hampton office, was named the Top Performing Team by number of transactions for the Hamptons, followed by The Enzo Morabito Team (#2), The Avigdor/PenkovaTeam (#3), The Porto Team (#4) and The Rima & Ryan Team (#5).