{"id":5237,"date":"2026-05-22T05:49:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T05:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/thr-toasts-new-yorks-top-real-estate-agents-at-power-broker-awards\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T05:49:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T05:49:06","slug":"thr-toasts-new-yorks-top-real-estate-agents-at-power-broker-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/thr-toasts-new-yorks-top-real-estate-agents-at-power-broker-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"THR Toasts New York’s Top Real Estate Agents at Power Broker Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tNew York\u2019s top real estate<\/a> agents celebrated their towering achievements over the last year in a penthouse overlooking Gramercy Park, as part of The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>\u2019s annual New York Power Broker Awards<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tPresented on Wednesday by real estate PR firm The Society Group<\/a> and sponsored by interior styling firm AS<\/a>H<\/a> Staging<\/a>, the 2026 event brought together over 40 top sellers and teams from Corcoran Group, CORE, Sotheby\u2019s International Reality, Compass, Douglas Elliman, Brown Harris Stevens, Serhant, R New York, Hedgerow, Nest Seekers, and the Gambino Group at Compass.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tNominated and selected by THR<\/em> based on their sales volume, media presence and deal portfolio, brokers were honored across eight categories, including Best Team, Best Hampton Sale of the Year and Rising Star awards inside a historic multilevel residence in 34 Gramercy Park East. The nearly 5,000-square-foot three-level penthouse \u2014 which is currently owned by Cara Delevingne and also counts Jimmy Fallon as a former occupant \u2014 comes with its own key to Gramercy Park and is currently listed by Carl Gambino of the Gambino Group and Stefani Berkin of R New York for $9.45 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHosting this event is always so fun because you always want to surprise them, to show them something new. I love to keep people guessing,\u201d The Society Group founder Alexander Ali said of selecting this year\u2019s awards location. \u201cSo when I saw this residence, I knew. It\u2019s so unique, so different, and if you want to know what\u2019s selling in New York, this is it.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tInside the event <\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tTaking place timed to THR<\/em>\u2019s reveal of its 2026 New York Power Brokers List<\/a>, the event kicked off with a cocktail hour as guests wandered about the three dually vintage and rustic-feeling floors, where art \u2014 of the professional and Etsy variety, both hand-selected and leftover from Fallon\u2019s wife Nancy \u2014 not only hangs from the walls, but at several points is literally painted on. That includes a hand-painted staircase wall with custom portraiture that features Lin-Manuel Miranda in Hamilton<\/em>, an ode to Jim Henson featuring Kermit the Frog, and figures such as Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr.<\/p>\n

\n\tOther points of interest include a first-floor bathroom with hand-painted vintage shadow portraits including Drew Barrymore and Questlove; a cozy, third-story tree house-esque tourette with a nook bed and overhead fairy lights; a bedroom featuring a built-in bunk bed and original seats from Johnny Carson\u2019s Tonight Show<\/em> run in Studio 6B at 30 Rockefeller Center; and a top-level suite with skylights, a fireplace, wet bar, dual dressing rooms, steam shower and soaking room.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tSteve Gold of Corcoran and Jordan Silver of Brown Harris Stevens<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tThis year\u2019s honorees were first greeted in the home\u2019s eat-in kitchen, which currently features hand-written notes by Taylor Swift, that permanently overlooks the park and comes with E.R. Butler hardware, an antique tile fireplace and an oversized pantry. Shortly after arriving, many quickly moved to get a glimpse of one other first-floor room: a hidden nook underneath the staircase. Along with two small hatch doors connecting to a pantry and the second-floor staircase, it has a working phone that only calls to a third-level former playroom, where miniature dioramas once on display in a New Hampshire-based Natural History Museum are now set into the walls. For Gambino Group co-founder and executive director Addie Dorsey, a penthouse like the one at 34 Gramercy Park East is \u201cjust really fun\u201d to sell.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cYou can feel the excitement as you show. I feel like that adds an element to it. There\u2019s something very special about what we get to show because it\u2019s not always the case in New York,\u201d she continued. \u201cThis is really something so thoughtful and intentional of the past owners, Jimmy Fallon and his wife Nancy, and they were just building up, one layer after the next. They built their lives here and you can feel that. That\u2019s what a home is supposed to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tInside the event<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tCelebrity homes, in particular, require a certain level of discretion, added Dorsey, and brokers are always mindful of whether the client wants to disclose their association with the property. But \u201cwe\u2019re happy and grateful to get to work with a lot of celebrities and people within those industries, and I feel like that adds an element to the sale. You can picture exactly what you\u2019re walking into picturing them, so you then know what\u2019s within the [property\u2019s] realm and what you want from a home,\u201d she explained. \u201cI think it certainly does grab attention and people do gravitate towards it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBetween the home\u2019s various reclaimed floorboards, hand-painted Venetian plaster hallways, textured wallpapers and hand-painted tiles, repurposed stained glass, vintage Stillnovo fixtures and four gas fireplaces, honorees spent their first hour enjoying canapes while sipping on Avaline wine, Coke and lemon water.\u00a0Music was pumped through speakers built into the home\u2019s various rooms (including the first-floor restroom) while the brokers conversed over the day\u2019s events<\/a> and their latest deals. Among them was one nominee who jokingly dared colleagues to \u201cname a part of town and I\u2019ve been there today,\u201d while another regaled the recent sale of Lily Allen and David Harbor\u2019s former Brooklyn brownstone and its <\/strong>\u201cextra wallpaper.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tNikki Field of Sotheby\u2019s International Real Estate and Alexander Ali of The Society Group<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tUnderneath an astrological-themed skylight in a tourette within the second-floor Great Room \u2014 designed as a private members\u2019 club-style lounge with a stone fireplace and stained-glass back bar (resembling one of Fallon\u2019s neighborhood favorites) \u2014 Ali offered a brief and airy introduction, telling the room, \u201cYou guys are all part of a very small list every year of the top 35 agents that represent the power of New York real estate.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThat preceded a brief statement from Andrew Bowen, co-founder of ASH Staging, who, after highlighting the company\u2019s recent expansion into London and latest venture Room Service, noted that, \u201cit\u2019s great to see familiar faces and some new ones,\u201d before offering a \u201ccheers to all of you. You\u2019re all winners.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tAndrew Bowen of ASH Staging and Marco Maida of the Gambino Group at Compass<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tThat was the feeling for Media Maverick Award nominee Jordan Silver (BHS), a producer on Broadway\u2019s The Lost Boys<\/em>, who, after the event concluded, noted that it felt \u201csynchronous\u201d to be in Fallon\u2019s former home after the show\u2019s cast had just performed on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon. <\/em>\u201cIt was surreal to be nominated with people like Frederick Eckland and John Gomes, Steve Gold, who, a few years ago, I was watching on Million Dollar Listing<\/em> and going, \u2018I want to be on the level with them,\u2019\u201d he told THR<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe ceremony itself was quick and punchy, with Ali jumping straight into awarding the year\u2019s Stratospheric Sale, which \u201cmade every other number in the room feel modest. Seven nominees printed figures that rearranged the comp set and one closed at an altitude no one else reached,\u201d he told the packed but intimate room. Bowen announced the second honor, explaining that there\u2019s a \u201cdifference between buying a great house and being trusted with it. The brokers nominated tonight understand that historic architecture in New York is not inventory. It is a record. A pre-war floor plan, a landmark that lasted three mayors and a handful of marriages. These homes require a steward, not a salesperson.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tNoble Black and Cathy Franklin of Corcoran<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tCathy Franklin (Corcoran), who took home the Philanthropic Impact Award last year, offered praise for her colleagues while accepting the 2026 Stratospheric Sale Award. \u201cI know all the brokers in this room. I love them. This is such a great group, and that\u2019s what makes this industry,\u201d she said. \u201cThe nice thing about this industry is there are so many good people.\u201d Dorsey accepted the Agent of Historic Architecture Award on behalf of Carl Gambino, who was traveling internationally and could not be in attendance.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis is the one he was really excited about. In his words, he wanted to say he\u2019s especially proud of his involvement in the sale of the Woolworth Mansion. Such an extraordinary landmark and piece of New York history. Being entrusted with properties of that significance is something we certainly never take for granted,\u201d he said. \u201cSo thank you, The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>, thank you Society Group. We\u2019re grateful for the recognition.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tTheir wins preceded the announcement of the Philanthropic Impact Award, which went to Greg Williamson of Douglas Elliman, a \u201crecipient who made it a personal practice to ensure his success quietly underwrites the success of others,\u201d said Ali.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAbout 13 years ago, I started a concert called Love Rocks and it has raised $70 million for God\u2019s Love We Deliver. This helps to feed six and a half million New Yorkers who are too sick to cook or shop for themselves,\u201d Williamson told the room. \u201cIn addition, I\u2019ve done other things with music and impact and collectively raised a hundred million dollars. The reason I do it besides wanting to help others and build community, is that music makes me feel good. It almost feels selfish, but it\u2019s the good kind of selfish.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t James Weiss of Corcoran, winner of the Rising Star Award<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tSee the complete list of this year\u2019s New York Power Broker Awards winners below. <\/p>\n

\n\tTeam of the Year <\/strong>
Janice Chang Team\u00a0of Douglas Elliman<\/p>\n

\n\tMedia Maverick<\/strong>
Ryan Serhant of Serhant <\/p>\n

\n\tStratospheric Sale <\/strong>
Cathy Franklin of Corcoran<\/p>\n

\n\tAgent of Historic Architecture<\/strong>
Carl Gambino of Compass <\/p>\n

\n\tHamptons Sale of the Year<\/strong>
Terry Cohen, Gary Cooper and Preston Kaye of Compass and Hedgerow<\/p>\n

\n\tPhilanthropic Impact <\/strong>
Greg Williamson of Douglas Elliman<\/p>\n

\n\tCelebrity Property Portfolio<\/strong>
Sami Hassoumi of Brown Harris Stevens <\/p>\n

\n\tRising Star<\/strong>
James Weiss of Corcoran <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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