Realty Collective, a six-year-old Brooklyn-based residential firm, acquired Vita Real Estate, Crain’s reported. Vita, a 30-year-old real estate firm founded by Angela Vita and specializing in Carroll Gardens, will bring one of its two offices, at 296 Smith Street, to Realty Collective, while the 317 Court Street office will be managed by former Vita agents who are breaking off on their own. The acquisition comes 18 months after Realty Collective made a splash by purchasing Frank Manzione Real Estate, another longtime firm specializing in Brooklyn. Comments

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Four year-old Realty Collective, a Brooklyn brokerage, has purchased Frank P. Manzione Real Estate, the veteran Red Hook/Carroll Gardens firm. Realty Collective will take over Manzione’s Columbia Street offices, though Manzione plans to stay on with his new colleague, 28-year-old founder Victoria Hagman, a former music industry booker who seeks out creative real estate agents who aren’t “creepy” and promises to walk her clients’ dogs. The merger tripled Realty Collective’s listings. “It’s like we bought the Yankees,” agent Tina Fallon said of the move. [Brownstoner] and [Brooklyn Based]