Making Moves

For such a tight-knit industry, real estate has a lot of players, and we’re keeping track of them in our Making Moves feature. Stay up to date on your colleagues in the industry, where they’ve been and where they’re going.

SERHANT. launches new team, The Standard

SERHANT. Boston founding members Serge Desir II and Peter Kasseris have teamed up.

Independent husband-wife team New Englander Real Estate launches in Boston

The husband-and-wife team has a combined $150 million in sales and experience in the Greater Boston area.

Abby Goldenfarb named new senior vice president at WinnDevelopment

Goldenfarb specializes in adaptive reuse and new construction.

Sagan Harborside team
Sagan Harborside joins Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty

Sagan Harborside’s 40 real estate advisors will join Gibson Sotheby’s while firm partners Phyllis Sagan, Julie Sagan and Shari Sagan McGuirk operate as advisors.

MGS Group Real Estate mints new team, Adler Connolly2

MGS Group Real Estate formed Adler Connolly2, a team bringing together 20-year industry fixture Teri Adler and Steve and Nicole Connolly, who joined the brokerage.

Bryan Brown
Rate promotes Bryan Brown to regional manager for Massachusetts

Rate has promoted Bryan Brown, producing branch manager, to regional manager as the company expands its presence in Massachusetts.

Felicia Jacques appointed to BPDA Board

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu appointed Felicia Jacques to the board of the Boston Planning and Development Agency, filling the group’s final empty seat.

ERA Key adds new agents John Capistran and Gary Reed

Capistran, a Charlton resident, pivoted from his career in construction to pursue real estate at ERA Key’s Spencer office.

Members of Lamacchia Realty and Steepleview Realty.
Lamacchia Realty expands into Vermont with Steepleview Realty acquisition

The move cemented Lamacchia’s presence across all six New England states.

German real estate company GARBE makes US debut, partners with Boston’s Berkeley Investments

The partnership will seek to develop multifamily, industrial and infrastructure properties in the United States.

David Shortsleeve named Cape Cod regional sales manager for Lamacchia

David Shortsleeve will be Lamacchia Realty’s next regional sales manager amid the brokerage’s strategic expansion into the Cape Cod market.

Rubin Rudman’s Tyler Franklin named to Environmental Business Council of New England committee

He specializes in waterfront development, especially for properties on Cape Cod and the Islands.

members of the EllCommon Ground Collective
New inclusive real estate collective to serve Boston market

The six-member, LGBTQIA+ centered group will serve the Greater Boston market with a focus on inclusivity and representation.

Chris Spendley of GID Residential Partners.
Long-term residential demand drives GID Boston expansion

GID Residential Partners entered the Boston market under the leadership of Chris Spendley, who joined the company as managing director.

Lamacchia Realty adds Wendy Wagenbach-Hughes

She will apply two decades of real estate experience to her new role supporting agents in the brokerage’s Fall River and New Bedford offices in Massachusetts and East Providence office in Rhode Island.

ERA Key adds Stacy White as new agent

The Quinsigamond Community College graduate plans to launch a community-focused real estate career.