Engel & Völkers, a global luxury real estate brand, will soon open its second Engel & Völkers Jacksonville location. The new office will debut within the next two weeks at 160 Shops Blvd. in St. Johns.
A grand opening is tentatively planned for later in the year.
“Our advisers are so excited to have a presence in the 210 corridor, in addition to our thriving Engle & Völkers Jacksonville Beach Shop, to continue to provide our clients the highest level of service we pride ourselves on,” said Corey Hasting, license partner of Engel & Völkers Jacksonville.
The new shop will be nearly 3,000 square feet, with 12 private offices and two conference rooms. It will be the company’s 40th location in Florida.
Engel & Völkers is different from other real estate firms in that selling advisers must be invited to join. To be part of the company, each adviser must sell $3 million or more per year. Only a small percentage of real estate agents meet that threshold.
The new location will be under the Engel & Völkers Jacksonville umbrella, which has 31 selling advisers, a full-time shop manager, marketing manager and a couple of assistants. Many of those people live in St. Johns, Nocatee or Mandarin and are familiar with the local real estate market.
“St. Johns is a thriving, growing community,” said Hasting. “Every single day, there are new restaurants or new developments or new houses being built. So, for us, just to be a part of that community is super exciting.”
He said these qualities allow the company to attract some of the best talent in the county.
“We just want to give premier customer service to every single client, every single customer,” Hasting said.
Michael McNaughton, chief operating officer of Shoppes of St. Johns Parkway developer Sleiman Enterprises, welcomed the brokerage.
“This will be the perfect location to serve the St. Johns community,” he said.
Before becoming a broker, Hasting consistently ranked among the top 50 residential real estate agents of Northeast Florida and was awarded numerous accolades. Engel & Völkers Jacksonville has closed more than 400 transactions to date and has an inventory of nearly 100 listings.
The firm’s Jacksonville Beach location opened in April 2018 and since has become one of the top brokerages in the area.
“It’s been tremendously successful,” Hasting said.
“While our focus is typically on expanding into new markets throughout Florida, we highly value the relationships we have with our license partners and are overjoyed at their achievements — especially if it allows them to grow and expand their own business to new heights,” said Timo Khammash, managing partner of Engel & Völkers Florida. “We look forward to partnering with other talented brokers in Northeast Florida, to continue our expansion in sub-markets throughout the region.”
Engle & Völkers was founded in 1977 in Hamburg, Germany. It operates about 175 locations with more than 4,000 real estate advisers in the Americas.
