BUILD 2019 Real Estate & Property Awards 2019 Real Estate & Property Awards BUILD 33 32 Best Commercial Real Estate Consultancy - USA Supporting clients throughout the property market and the US, Sapphire Partners Group LLC offers a range of services including asset management, consulting and acquisitions. As part of our showcase of some of this year’s revered Real Estate and Property Awards winners we profile the firm and share the techniques employed to drive it towards continued success. rawing on its extensive experience of the market, Sapphire Partners strives to push the real estate industry forward towards greater efficiency and effectiveness for all stakeholders, be they investors, contractors, property managers all the way through to homeowners and tenants. The firm’s services span a range of sectors, including consulting, for which it has won one of this year’s coveted Real Estate and Property Awards. The team at BUILD Magazine were impressed by Sapphire Partners’ drive towards excellence and constant dedication to innovation, which is what set the firm apart from many of its competitors. As a consultancy the company primarily works with developers and sponsors of commercial real estate to assist them in the acquisition, development, or management of their existing and prospective properties. Many developers and owners need a support team to assist in the many tasks that comprise of a large investment project, and as such Sapphire Partners exists to fill this need. To date, Sapphire Partners has underwritten or otherwise assisted on projects with a total capitalization of over $4 Billion USD, and consulted with over 200 firms. This phenomenal success is down to the dedication of the firm’s staff, who are constantly working to achieve the best possible outcome for every client they have the privilege to serve. D As CRE consulting is a relatively young field, the firm has the advantage of being able to tailor its services to meet the specific needs of clients and working with them to understand their requirements. Many of the firm’s competitors focus on quantity of clients over quality of the work delivered, whereas Sapphire Partners is committed to being hands-on with each of its clients, acting as a true extension of their existing team for the full life of their projects. The result is a reliable service that clients can trust. Designed around them, they know that they are in safe hands when they work with Sapphire Partners. The group’s consultancy business is just part of its range of services, which includes acquisitions. With assets varying from affordable to luxury properties across the United States, the investment arm of Sapphire Partners boasts a diverse portfolio and the expertise to drive it to even greater success. Additionally, within the acquisitions space, Sapphire Partners is able to leverage its years of asset management experience to take the oversight of any project out of the hands of its clients. Thanks to its knowledge and expertise the firm can provide complete peace of mind that the project is performing at its highest potential. This innovative approach has helped the firm to rise to the top of the real estate asset management space and offer clients innovative support they can rely on. Ultimately, Sapphire Partners is driven by three core values: efficiency, transparency and overperformance. These will remain the key pillars of the group’s success over the coming years as it seeks to grow and prosper in all three of its business areas the competitive and ever-evolving US real estate market. Company: Sapphire Partners Group LLC Contact: David Saperstein Email:
[email protected] Website: sapphirepartners.com IMAGE NOLA Real Estate Marketing and Photography: Best Real Estate Marketing & Photography Company - New Orleans Identifying a need for real estate marketing and photography, NOLA Real Estate Marketing is a boutique firm with a big-city staff of professionals that offer photography and specialty marketing for a variety of real estate clients. We focus the camera on the firm, following their success in BUILD’s Real Estate and Property Awards for 2019. ounded in 2012 by owner Eugenia Gangi, following several years’ experience as a licensed real estate agent, NOLA Real Estate Marketing capitalised on the industry’s need for agents to have a resource they could rely on for quality photos, videos and marketing material. The highly-trained team of professionals now offer photography, video, and copywriting needs for brochures, flyers, video scripts, and MLS listings for real estate professionals. Also offering special marketing, the team provide aerial drone photography, virtual staging, 3D tours, floor plans, headshots and other marketing techniques. The team at NOLA Real Estate Marketing are constantly seeing the big picture with every different property. Understanding that certain marketing tools must be employed to sell a particular piece of real estate, the firm’s mission is to help real estate agents achieve a sale in the shortest amount of time at the highest possible market price. Delivering individual attention to a wide variety of real estate clients, the team understand that each project is totally unique and requires distinctly bespoke marketing. Working with different levels of difficulty and needs, the flexibility and innovation of the team is paramount in creating unique marketing for particular properties. F With an ever-expanding team, NOLA Real Estate Marketing is now home to eight professional photographers as part of the marketing team. Each one boasts extensive experience in photography, coupled with a college degree in photography or related field. In addition to that, each photographer undertakes rigorous training to be able to cater to real estate professionals and their needs, ensuring superior customer service and high- quality services. Technology plays a vital role in the continued success of the firm. Continuously researching and employing new technologies available in the industry, NOLA Real Estate Marketing update their cutting-edge services available to real estate agents to include the best services. Every piece of new technology is rigorously testing and analysed to assure that is will provide tangible benefits for both the business and the clients. Ensuring that they always listen to their clientele, the team also research and accommodate any demand for specific technologies that emerge. Having experienced growth year on year since the firm’s inception, the goal for NOLA Real Estate Marketing is to continue expanding within their current market before moving on to other markets without compromising on the quality of their services. With more demand for visual marketing in the real estate industry, the team are committed to maintaining the balance between showing everything and generating interest in properties. Ultimately, the success of NOLA Real Estate Marketing is down to the firm’s ability to create value and achieve successful sales using all the marketing tools available. Working alongside real estate agents to create beautiful and outstanding marketing for a wide variety of properties, this firm have established themselves as New Orleans’ best for real estate marketing and photography. Company: NOLA Real Estate Marketing and Photography Contact: Eugenia Gangi Website: www.nolaremarketing.com NOLA Real Estate Marketing Group Photo - From Left to Right: Meg Ferrante, Nina Schultz, Jessy Williamson, Andre Courville, Eugenia Gangi, Anthony Gangi, Ken Maldonado, and Kylan Althouse.