Movers: Miami Compass Broker Joins Serhant

In South Florida’s latest batch of hiring news, Guillermo Freixas has left Compass to launch his own team at Serhant.

The Miami-based broker will serve as president of My Block Group. He is also the founder of the digital brand “My Block,” a series focused on Miami real estate and culture. He will be joined by his brother Jose Daniel Freixas, a film and television producer who will oversee operations, branding, media strategy and business development for the new team, according to a news release.

Before joining Serhant, Guillermo Freixas spent four years at Compass as part of the Riley Smith Group. The team moved to Compass in 2022 after leaving Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices EWM Realty, where it had spent 17 years. Freixas was with the Riley Smith Group for over nine years, according to LinkedIn. He has closed more than $140 million in sales since 2019, the release said.

Pittsburgh-based NAI Burns Scalo made its first Florida acquisition by buying Commercial Property Southwest, a commercial firm previously affiliated with Cushman & Wakefield. The Fort Myers-based firm, headed by Gary Tasman, will drop that affiliation to join NAI Burns Scalo, the South Florida Business Journal reported.

The acquisition comes after NAI Burns Scalo bought rights last year to operate across 13 counties along Florida’s Gulf Coast. It extends the firm’s expansion farther south from its established presence in Tampa, the outlet said.

The Fort Myers team of more than 30 professionals will join NAI Burns Scalo under Florida Executive Managing Director Tim Rivers. NAI Burns Scalo President Brian Walker and his advisers led the acquisition.

Veteran land planner Frank Arbelaez has joined Concord Crest Real Estate as director of planning. Specializing in urban and regional planning, Arbelaez has more than 20 years of experience in the private and public sectors throughout South Florida, according to a news release.

Before joining Concord, Arbelaez worked with Miami-Dade County for nearly seven years in hte planning department. He also held positions as senior planner with the City of Miami Beach and associate planner with the City of Coral Springs, according to LinkedIn.

The addition comes as Concord Crest Real Estate expands across South Florida, with 20 projects in its pipeline throughout the region, the release said. Projects include hotels, waterfront condominiums, offices and mixed-use developments across the Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties.

Rounding off South Florida’s new hires is John Paul Croake, a former Husch Blackwell real estate attorney who joined Weiss Law as senior counsel. Croake’s practice focuses on residential and commercial real estate, including acquisitions and dispositions, land use, construction, development and finance.

Before joining Weiss Law, Croake was an attorney at JPC Law Group and a partner at Stafford Rosenbaum LLP. Weiss Law is a boutique real estate firm with offices in Miami, Aventura and Boca Raton.