In the latest roundup of South Florida real estate hiring news, firms continue to bulk up their teams.
Longtime Compass agent Bobby Jones jumped to Douglas Elliman, according to a press release. Jones is now the executive director of luxury sales based in Elliman’s Miami office, the release shows. Jones was a founding agent for Compass in Florida, and works on both luxury residential and commercial deals.
Commercial brokerage Lee & Associates added a team led by principal Sebastian Misiewicz in its Miami and Deerfield Beach offices, a press release shows. Misiewicz is joined by Ethan Amar as an associate. Misiewicz was previously a senior associate with CBRE for three years, according to LinkedIn.
Barnes International Realty is opening a second South Florida office in Aventura, according to a spokesperson for the brokerage. Enzo Rosani, who is also the managing broker of the firm’s Miami office, is leading the 10-agent team based in the 2,800-square-foot office at 3565 Mystic Pointe Drive, he confirmed.
Barnes bills itself as the top real estate brokerage in France, and launched a partnership with Compass last year for international referrals.
In Boca Raton, SVN Commercial Partners expanded its multifamily team with the addition of Andrew Silver as associate advisor, a press release shows. He joins the firm from Echo Fine Properties, where he worked for one year after graduating from Florida State University in 2023, the release and LinkedIn show.
Miami-based 3650 REIT tapped Myles Burstein as its in-house senior counsel, according to a press release. Burstein joins the lender from Aventura-based Kawa Capital Management where he was associate general counsel for three years, his LinkedIn shows. Prior to Kawa, Burstein was a real estate and capital markets associate at Bilzin Sumberg for four years.
In his new role, Burstein will bridge legal and business functions, providing counsel on assets under servicing as well as financing transactions, distressed loans acquisitions and prospective loan negotiations, the release shows.