More change is afoot in Los Angeles’ high-end luxury real estate business, which has seen a wave of new brokerages join the scene in the past two years and a surprising number of power-seller agents switch their allegiances.
Now, two of L.A.’s biggest celebrity real estate agents, James Harris and David Parnes of Bond Street Partners — known for starring on Bravo’s Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles for seven seasons before leaving the real estate reality series in 2022 — are on the move.
The duo — who have repped stars such as Rihanna, Carey Mulligan, Demi Lovato, Big Sean and Kevin Durant (according to public records) — are joining Carolwood Estates, the nearly 2-year-old agency founded in 2022 by Drew Fenton, Nick Segal and Ed Leyson.
Harris and Parnes, who in a typical year do $500 million to $600 million in residential real estate sales, have long made a home at The Agency (co-founded by Mauricio Umansky,...
Now, two of L.A.’s biggest celebrity real estate agents, James Harris and David Parnes of Bond Street Partners — known for starring on Bravo’s Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles for seven seasons before leaving the real estate reality series in 2022 — are on the move.
The duo — who have repped stars such as Rihanna, Carey Mulligan, Demi Lovato, Big Sean and Kevin Durant (according to public records) — are joining Carolwood Estates, the nearly 2-year-old agency founded in 2022 by Drew Fenton, Nick Segal and Ed Leyson.
Harris and Parnes, who in a typical year do $500 million to $600 million in residential real estate sales, have long made a home at The Agency (co-founded by Mauricio Umansky,...
- 2/20/2024
- by Degen Pener
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“You’ve transformed a room full of enemies into a room full of friends,” Aaron Kirman, of Akg | Christie’s International, quipped. He was surveying the scene at The Hollywood Reporter’s third annual L.A. Power Broker Awards, presented by The Society Group and hosted by The Agency’s Mauricio Umansky. This fairy-tale feeling of camaraderie hung in the air all evening, no doubt enhanced by the enchanting setting of the legendary Castillo Del Lago estate, formerly owned by Madonna. The home is currently co-listed (for $18.9 million) by Linda May and Brett Lawyer of Carolwood Estates.
The honors were held in conjunction with THR’s 2023 list of Hollywood’s Top 35 Real Estate Agents, which honors top sellers in the greater Los Angeles area based on Mls-listed sales to Hollywood clients, overall deal volume and media visibility.
Looking out over views of Lake Hollywood, agents sipped on cocktails to the...
The honors were held in conjunction with THR’s 2023 list of Hollywood’s Top 35 Real Estate Agents, which honors top sellers in the greater Los Angeles area based on Mls-listed sales to Hollywood clients, overall deal volume and media visibility.
Looking out over views of Lake Hollywood, agents sipped on cocktails to the...
- 9/28/2023
- by Hadley Meares
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Mauricio Umansky, the co-founder of real-estate brokerage The Agency — who also stars on Netflix’s Buying Beverly Hills and is a contestant on the new season of Dancing with the Stars premiering on Tuesday — is set to follow up his dancing debut by hosting The Hollywood Reporter‘s annual L.A. Power Broker Awards. The evening will take place Wednesday, Sept. 27, at the famed Castillo Del Lago estate in Lake Hollywood, a grand 1920s Spanish-style mansion once owned by Madonna.
Presented by premier luxury real estate PR company The Society Group, the awards evening celebrates the powerhouse sellers on THR‘s annual list of Hollywood’s Top Real Estate Agents and includes an awards presentation in eight categories. Nominees for six categories — including Stratospheric Sale of the Year, Agent of Historic Architecture and Rising Star — are presented below, with Umansky announcing the winners at the dinner.
Drew Fenton — the CEO of Carolwood Estates,...
Presented by premier luxury real estate PR company The Society Group, the awards evening celebrates the powerhouse sellers on THR‘s annual list of Hollywood’s Top Real Estate Agents and includes an awards presentation in eight categories. Nominees for six categories — including Stratospheric Sale of the Year, Agent of Historic Architecture and Rising Star — are presented below, with Umansky announcing the winners at the dinner.
Drew Fenton — the CEO of Carolwood Estates,...
- 9/26/2023
- by Degen Pener
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Top-selling L.A. real-estate agent Tyrone McKillen, one of the marquee names at Compass, is leaving his perch there to join Official, the new brokerage co-founded last year by star agents Oren and Tal Alexander. McKillen’s move marks Official’s expansion into the Los Angeles real estate market; the company currently operates in South Florida, New York City and the Hamptons. McKillen, who has career sales topping 1.5 billion, joins Official as a founding broker for California; he is bringing along his Plus Real Estate Group team with him.
“Tyrone is the ultimate exemplification of Official’s vision, defined by the quality of our talent, depth of our expertise and level of transcendent service provided to clients across the most important markets in the world,” said Richard Jordan, Official’s CEO, in a statement. The new brokerage touts that one of the ways that it differentiates itself in the market...
“Tyrone is the ultimate exemplification of Official’s vision, defined by the quality of our talent, depth of our expertise and level of transcendent service provided to clients across the most important markets in the world,” said Richard Jordan, Official’s CEO, in a statement. The new brokerage touts that one of the ways that it differentiates itself in the market...
- 1/19/2023
- by Degen Pener
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Following a wave of defections to a burgeoning rival, the venerable Beverly Hills real estate brokerage of Hilton & Hyland has new ownership, with co-founder and chairman Rick Hilton and his son, Barron Hilton, exiting the company.
In a formal announcement, Hilton & Hyland revealed that Lori Hyland is taking 100 percent ownership of the firm. A fine artist, she is the wife of the late Jeff Hyland, who co-founded Hilton & Hyland in 1993 with Rick Hilton. Jeff Hyland — also an architectural historian who authored the book Legendary Estates of Beverly Hills — passed away last February from cancer.
Hilton & Hyland’s name will remain unchanged, while Rick and Barron Hilton are leaving to form a new brokerage, Hilton & Hilton.
“Beverly Hills is the only inlet city of the major luxury markets, yet, people come from all over the globe to build legendary estates here and add to its extensive history.
Following a wave of defections to a burgeoning rival, the venerable Beverly Hills real estate brokerage of Hilton & Hyland has new ownership, with co-founder and chairman Rick Hilton and his son, Barron Hilton, exiting the company.
In a formal announcement, Hilton & Hyland revealed that Lori Hyland is taking 100 percent ownership of the firm. A fine artist, she is the wife of the late Jeff Hyland, who co-founded Hilton & Hyland in 1993 with Rick Hilton. Jeff Hyland — also an architectural historian who authored the book Legendary Estates of Beverly Hills — passed away last February from cancer.
Hilton & Hyland’s name will remain unchanged, while Rick and Barron Hilton are leaving to form a new brokerage, Hilton & Hilton.
“Beverly Hills is the only inlet city of the major luxury markets, yet, people come from all over the globe to build legendary estates here and add to its extensive history.
- 12/19/2022
- by Degen Pener
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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L.A.’s ultra-luxe real estate landscape is shifting in dramatic ways.
This fall, Drew Fenton, one of Hilton & Hyland’s marquee names, veteran real estate exec Nick Segal and Hilton & Hyland marketing chief Ed Leyson struck out on their own to launch a new Beverly Hills-based brokerage, Carolwood. Fenton tells THR that after the death this year of Hilton & Hyland co-founder Jeff Hyland, “It felt like a natural progression to put all that I had learned in my 15 years at Hilton & Hyland into my own firm.”
In recent weeks, Carolwood has lured more than 35 agents from Hilton & Hyland, including power sellers Linda May (winner of the Agent of Historic Architecture Award at The Hollywood Reporter’s 2022 L.A. Power Broker Awards), Brett Lawyer, Jonah Wilson, Susan Smith, the team of Jonathan Nash and Stephen Resnick, Justin Paul Huchel, Bjorn Farrugia, Michael Lamontagna and Gordon MacGeachy.
L.A.’s ultra-luxe real estate landscape is shifting in dramatic ways.
This fall, Drew Fenton, one of Hilton & Hyland’s marquee names, veteran real estate exec Nick Segal and Hilton & Hyland marketing chief Ed Leyson struck out on their own to launch a new Beverly Hills-based brokerage, Carolwood. Fenton tells THR that after the death this year of Hilton & Hyland co-founder Jeff Hyland, “It felt like a natural progression to put all that I had learned in my 15 years at Hilton & Hyland into my own firm.”
In recent weeks, Carolwood has lured more than 35 agents from Hilton & Hyland, including power sellers Linda May (winner of the Agent of Historic Architecture Award at The Hollywood Reporter’s 2022 L.A. Power Broker Awards), Brett Lawyer, Jonah Wilson, Susan Smith, the team of Jonathan Nash and Stephen Resnick, Justin Paul Huchel, Bjorn Farrugia, Michael Lamontagna and Gordon MacGeachy.
- 12/6/2022
- by Hadley Meares
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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On Sept. 20, The Hollywood Reporter will hold the second annual Los Angeles Power Broker Awards at members-only fitness and social club Heimat.
The night, presented by luxury real estate PR firm The Society Group, will include a dinner honoring the powerhouse sellers on THR‘s Top 30 List, followed by an awards presentation. The honors are sponsored by spatial styling company Ash Staging and the real estate social app Real Messenger. Said Angel Salvador last year, a winner at the 2021 inaugural awards, “To get the recognition amongst your peers is special.”
2021’s winners also included Westside Estate Agency’s Kurt Rappaport, The Oppenheim Group’s Jason Oppenheim, Compass’ Sally Forster Jones, Tomer Fridman, Tyrone McKillen and Dalton Gomez, The Agency’s Santiago Arana, Hilton & Hyland’s Drew Fenton, and The Beverly Hills Estates’ Branden and Rayni Williams.
The categories and nominees for the...
On Sept. 20, The Hollywood Reporter will hold the second annual Los Angeles Power Broker Awards at members-only fitness and social club Heimat.
The night, presented by luxury real estate PR firm The Society Group, will include a dinner honoring the powerhouse sellers on THR‘s Top 30 List, followed by an awards presentation. The honors are sponsored by spatial styling company Ash Staging and the real estate social app Real Messenger. Said Angel Salvador last year, a winner at the 2021 inaugural awards, “To get the recognition amongst your peers is special.”
2021’s winners also included Westside Estate Agency’s Kurt Rappaport, The Oppenheim Group’s Jason Oppenheim, Compass’ Sally Forster Jones, Tomer Fridman, Tyrone McKillen and Dalton Gomez, The Agency’s Santiago Arana, Hilton & Hyland’s Drew Fenton, and The Beverly Hills Estates’ Branden and Rayni Williams.
The categories and nominees for the...
- 9/10/2022
- by THR staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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