Former “Million Dollar Listing New York” star Michael Lorber has expanded his team of agents at Douglas Elliman Real Estate from the Big Apple to Palm Beach.
The Michael Lorber Team will base its local operations out of Elliman’s Palm Beach office at 340 Royal Poinciana Way in the Royal Poinciana Plaza and handle deals on the island and in the Palm Beaches, Lorber told the Palm Beach Daily News.
With a seasonal home in Palm Beach, Lorber is the son of Elliman Executive Chairman Howard Lorber, who brought the agency to town in 2012 with the acquisition of the old Martha Gottfried Inc. The Palm Beach office has since grown into one of the island’s powerhouse agencies, complementing Elliman’s operations in Miami-Dade County.
Michael Lorber has been an agent with Elliman since 2006. Established five years ago, his team has 16 agents in New York City and three more in the Hamptons, closing more than $2 billion in sales, according to Elliman.
In addition to Lorber, the Palm Beach team includes Adam Hofer, who is based in the Hamptons and Palm Beach, and town natives Chris and Liz Callahan, who were previously affiliated with Brown Harris Stevens. Also on board is Nathaniel Falcone, a New York native with family ties to Palm Beach.
“Expanding the team was inevitable,” Michael Lorber said in a prepared statement. “It was important for us to offer a frictionless experience at the highest level of service in a market where our clients are and aspire to…