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.
The Chicago Association of REALTORS® has hired Chelsea C. Hayes, SPHR, for a one-year role: head of social impact and strategy.
Nick Bailey is out after the company suffered its sixth consecutive quarter of losses.
Janae Smith will work out of RE/MAX Premier’s Hyde Park location.
Cory Tanzer, who leads The Cory Tanzer Group with Option Realty Group, is now CEO of the brokerage. He succeeds his father-in-law Kevin Stoffer.
Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty recently added several seasoned agents to its city roster: Brian Loomis and Jodi Slutzky, plus Slutzky’s teammates Carla Janzen and Joe Shadday.
Cadey O’Leary, one of Lincoln Park’s top producers, has joined @properties Christie’s International Real Estate.
Weiss-Kallis will serve as the new managing broker with the firm, working with more than 700 agents
COMPASS is expanding its presence in Wisconsin with the MasterKey Collective, their third recent Wisconsin addition.
Two Chicagoland COMPASS teams, Gassensmith Group and The FOOTE Team, have merged to form a new group: KeystoneHomeHub.
At @properties Christie’s International Real Estate, Jack Brennan will primarily serve Hinsdale, Burr Ridge and Clarendon Hills, as well as the Gold Coast, Lincoln Park, West Loop and Lakeview neighborhoods in Chicago.
The new team will operate under The Lothamer Group name and work out of the COMPASS Bucktown office.
The Chicago-based leasing company Luxury Living has a new CEO: Amy Galvin, formerly the company’s chief culture officer. She replaces Luxury Living Founder Aaron Galvin, who will now concentrate on developing the business.
Mark Willis, who served as CEO of Keller Williams from 2005 to 2014, has stepped back into the role effective immediately.
RE/MAX Holdings has named a new CEO after nearly two years of searching: Erik Carlson, former CEO of the DISH Network Corporation. The firm’s last CEO, Adam Contos, stepped down in January 2022.
@properties Christie’s International Real Estate has promoted Amy Corr and Tom Downing to the roles of chief brokerage officer and executive vice president of brokerage services, respectively.
Nykia Wright has been named interim CEO for the National Association of Realtors® (NAR), effective Nov. 20.