The coronavirus pandemic has upended the real-estate industry, forcing traditional offices and shops to reinvent themselves and causing millions of Americans to relocate or reconsider their home bases for work, financial, or personal reasons.
Against such a tumultuous backdrop, we are spotlighting professionals who are thriving, seizing opportunities despite — or in some cases because of — COVID-19's effect on American real estate in both the commercial and residential spheres.
These 30 young professionals stood out as the vanguard of the next generation in real-estate, from young prodigies who have risen through the ranks and innovated at established global firms to startup founders looking to disrupt pockets of the sector that have deeply traditional roots.
Some come from finance behemoths like Blackstone, others from industry mainstays like CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield, and JLL. Top-selling, trend-setting brokers hail from Compass and Brown Harris Stevens. Then there are the startups, like Mosaic and Doorkee, whose names you might not recognize now but are bound to in the months and years to come.
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