Corcoran Toasts Top Achievers
Published: 2/22/2012Source: Real Estate Weekly
The Corcoran Group, New York’s largest residential real estate firm, hosted its annual awards ceremony Tuesday, February 7, 2012.
More than 800 Corcoran agents and employees attended the ceremony which was followed by a festive cocktail reception held at 230 Fifth Avenue.
Prior to announcing the award winners, Corcoran president and CEO, Pamela Liebman, thanked the Corcoran agents and employees for another great year, citing multiple successes in 2011, including “the most exclusives and highest sales volume in Manhattan; the most exclusives priced over $4M; twice the number of exclusives of any other firm in Brooklyn; #1 real estate website in New York and for the fourth year in a row, the most agents in The Wall Street Journal’s ‘Top 1000’ rankings.”
Joining Liebman in presenting the awards was executive vice president and director of sales, Tresa Hall.
Carrie Chiang/Janet Wang were named 2011 Top Grossing Agents of the Year for sales in excess of $300,000,000.
Leighton Candler won Manhattan Sales Person of the Year and Corcoran’s Deal of the Year. Deborah Rieders won Brooklyn Sales Person of the Year, and Frank Castelluccio and Aaron Lemma were named Brooklyn Team of the Year. Jing Chen was named Manhattan Rookie of the Year, and Paul Murphy was named Brooklyn Rookie of the Year.
Total list of Corcoran 2011 Awards:
Corcoran Deal of the Year: Leighton Candler
Top Grossing Agents of the Year: Carrie Chiang/Janet Wang
Manhattan Salesperson of the Year: Leighton Candler
Manhattan Rookie of the Year: Jing Chen
Manhattan Rental Person of the Year: Dennis Hughes
Brooklyn Team of the Year: Frank Castelluccio and Aaron Lemma
Sales Team of the Year: The Rushmore Team
Carnegie Hill Salesperson of the Year: Beth Benalloul
Chelsea Salesperson of the Year: Matthew Mackay
Chelsea Team of the Year: The Noble Black Team
Eastside Salesperson of the Year: Betsy Messerschmitt
Eastside Team of the Year: The Robby Browne Team
Gallery Salesperson of the Year: Gregory Kammerer
Gallery Team of the Year: The Lawrence Schier Team
Soho Team of the Year: LaChance + Associates
Soho Salesperson of the Year: Darren Kearns
Union Square Salesperson of the Year: Sara Gelbard
Village Salesperson of the Year: Gabriella Winter
Village Team of the Year: Meris and Kenny Blumstein and The Blumstein Team
West Side Salesperson of the Year: Scott Stewart
West Side Team of the Year: Hustis/Jovanovic Team
Employee of the Year: Leo Terry
Brooklyn Salesperson of the Year: Deborah Rieders
Brooklyn Rookie of the Year: Paul Murphy
Brooklyn Rental Person of the Year: Vicki Negron
Brooklyn Heights Salesperson of the Year: Cheryl Nielsen-Saaf
Brooklyn Heights Team of the Year: Jim Cornell and Leslie Marshall
Fort Greene Salesperson of the Year: Toni Martin
Park Slope Salesperson of the Year: Jessica Buchman
Park Slope Team of the Year: The Talbott Group
Williamsburg Salesperson of the Year: Tom Le
Williamsburg Team of the Year: The Barak/Blackburn Group