Real estate broker aptsandlofts.com, which recently opened its second brick-and-mortar office in Cobble Hill at 236 Court Street, is making good on the burgeoning residential market in the neighborhood. The firm reports that within the last three months it has hired a dozen new agents—a rate of one new hire per week.

Founder & prez David Maundrell notes, “We are seeing a notable increase in interest from agents looking to join the team as a way to further expand their professional business in the Brooklyn area.” aptsandlofts.com was founded in 2002 with a focus on Brooklyn and Queens, and currently consults about 35 new residential developments (3,000+ units) rising in NYC. It plans to hire a total of 43 agents in Cobble Hill over the next year.

Source: Cobble Hill Blog
http://cobblehillblog.com/archives/8247

TerraCRG and aptsandlofts.com are continuing much-needed efforts for Hurricane Sandy Relief, in a partnership with “United Way Rallies NYC Real Estate Industry Support for Storm Victims.” The commercial real estate brokerage with its partners is launching a fund-raising effort to facilitate and encourage donations from the real estate community to benefit victims of Hurricane Sandy through a secure webpage created to gather the donations.

All proceeds will be used by local United Way chapters to address near and long-term hurricane recovery needs in communities that FEMA has declared disaster areas, with “aggressive monetary goals to help aid those in need. The goal of this effort is to unify the New York City real estate community to make a difference in the lives of the many people who experienced devastation and have been severely affected by the storm.” Both TerraCRG and aptsandlofts.com have each contributed $10,000 to the effort.

Ofer Cohen, founder & president of TerraCRG, and David Maundrell, founder & president of aptsandlofts.com are directing the efforts. Cohen notes, “We would like to see the entire real estate industry in New York come together. While our lives in North Brooklyn and Manhattan have been slowly returning to normal, many residents and businesses in the hard hit area of Southwest Brooklyn and Staten Island, Queens and Long Island are dramatically impacted and will remain so for months.”

The webpage, www.NYCREUnited.com, is linked directly to the United Way’s website infrastructure.

Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/51848

David Maundrell, founder of brokerage firm Aptsandlofts.com, was interviewed in the New York Daily News‘ Real Estate “Ask A Broker” section Thursday, about Brooklyn’s hot spots.

The residential firm recently opened a second storefront office in Cobble Hill and according to Maundrell, the “next hottest nabes in NYC” are… Cobble Hill and Bushwick, Brooklyn. He notes, “Cobble Hill because of the access to outstanding schools, parks, a host of new and exciting retail on Court Street and beautiful tree-lined landmarked streets. The lack of inventory in the townhouse market and the overflow from Brooklyn Heights is really starting to put significant pressure upward pressure on pricing.

Regarding Bushwick: It’s “on the tip of everyone’s tongue because of an exploding art scene and some well-noted restaurant reviews.”

Source: Cobble Hill Blog
http://cobblehillblog.com/archives/7456