As the real estate market in South Florida enters its busy season, several firms are making significant hires and acquisitions.
Compass has added the Champagne & Parisi Team, a group of 78 agents, to its Boca Raton office. The team was previously known as Champagne & Parisi Real Estate and was founded by Claude Champagne and Caesar Parisi in 2011. Their focus is on luxury properties in Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Highland Beach, and Boynton Beach.
Earlier this year, Compass made headlines with its $1.6 billion acquisition of Anywhere Real Estate. The company has continued to expand locally; in July it brought on the 40-agent Korman Group in Boca Raton, and in September it added a 15-agent team in Stuart.
KW Property Management & Consulting (KWPMC) announced the hiring of Jennifer Santaniello as regional vice president for Palm Beach County. According to a news release: “She will be focused on maximizing property values for condo and HOA properties.” Santaniello previously served as vice president of the Manhattan condo and co-op division at FirstService Residential.
KWPMC has also been chosen as property manager for Forté on Flagler, a new condominium project in West Palm Beach developed by Two Roads Development and Alpha Blue Ventures. The building began closings earlier this summer with buyers including Fox News contributor Liz Peek, New York Times heiress Cynthia Sulzberger, and former Sotheby’s Holdings CEO Michael Ainslie.
Odevo, based in Sweden, acquired KWPMC from founder Paul Kaplan in 2022. Kaplan became CEO of Odevo U.S. last year. In February, Odevo appointed Katalina Cruz as CEO of KWPMC and senior vice president of Odevo U.S., while Jorge Lago was promoted to president and chief operating officer of KWPMC.
In another move within the sector, Illustrated Properties named Shane McCain as director of commercial real estate. McCain is the founder of BluEdge Professional Real Estate in Palm Beach Gardens. He is bringing seven associates from BluEdge to work out of Illustrated’s corporate headquarters.
