Lenz, Bracha Group, Barak/Blackburn Group win top Elliman awards


From left: Christine Blackburn, Lior Barak, Ilan Bracha and Dolly Lenz

Dolly Lenz, the Bracha Group and the Barak/Blackburn Group won top awards at Prudential Douglas Elliman’s annual awards ceremony held at Cipriani tonight (see full awards list below). Lenz received the individual award based on transactions and gross commission income, while the Bracha Group, led by Ilan Bracha, won the award for the top team by GCI. Bracha himself also received the 2009 award for the most sales exclusives in Manhattan. Other top groups by GCI were the Leonard Steinberg Team (number 2), the Jacky Teplitzky Team (number 3), the Tamir Shemesh Group (number 5) and the DeNiro Group (number 8). The Kotler Group, which secured the 7th spot, was also acknowledged for closing the most rental transactions in Manhattan. The top team in terms of transactions was Barak/Blackburn Group, led by Christine Blackburn and Lior Barak. Groups who won based on sales transactions included the Doron Zwickel Team (number 2), the Bracha Group (number 3), the Jacky Teplitzky Team (number 4) and the Tamir Shemesh Group (number 7). On the commercial side, Faith Hope Consolo won the top retail and commercial award by highest GCI. TRD

Individual top performers based on GCI:

1. Dolly Lenz

2. Teresa Solomon Wuest

3. Arthur Fenton

4. Kym Spiegel

5. Melanie Lazenby

6. Suzanne Sealy

7. Valerie Portny

8. Barbara Lockwood

9. Natalia Chin

10. Jean Adams


Individual top performers based on transactions:

1. Dolly Lenz

2. Barbara Brown-Allen

3. Yuval Vidal

4. David Glick

5. Simona Stanica

6. Jerry Minsky

7. Anne Ellington

8. Gregory Williamson

9. Scott Klein

10. Myrel Glick

Top groups based on GCI:

1. The Bracha Group

2. The Leonard Steinberg Team

3. The Jacky Teplitzky Team

4. The Janice Chang Team

5. The Tamir Shemesh Group

6. Daniela Kunen Team

7. The Kotler Group

8. The DeNiro Group

9. The Katzen Group

10. The Ann Cutbill Lenane Team

Top groups based on transactions:

1. The Barak/Blackburn Group

2. The Doron Zwickel Team

3. The Bracha Group

4. The Jacky Teplitzky Team

5. The Lisa Wong Team

6. The Robert Nicoletti Team

7. The Tamir Shemesh Group

8. The Andrew Anderson Team

9. The Jessica Cohen Team

10. The Haber Team

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Other awards

Top retail and commercial award by highest GCI: Faith Hope Consolo.
Top retail and commercial award by transactions: Gary and Rick Dana

Most sales exclusives in Manhattan: Ilan Bracha
Most sales exclusives in Brooklyn: Joyce Kafati-Batarse

Most rental transactions in Manhattan: The Kotler Group
Most rental transactions in Brooklyn: Allan Gerovitz

Rookies of the year: Joseph Peraino and Diana Hermanowski

Lifetime Achievement Award: Norman Alston

Team Player award recipients: Neftali Deyne, Marcos Lerma, and Elvie Navarro

Peter Kelleher Award: Elissa Slan