Ariel Brenner is a broker at Compass, a two-year-old residential brokerage based in Manhattans Union Square. Before that, he worked at the much older Corcoran Group. At both firms, he was and is part of a five-member team led by Debra LaChance.

The teams September 2014 exit from Corcoran was seen as somewhat of a coup for the younger Compass. The teamwhich also included Denise LaChance, Betsey Margolies and Kimberlee Knechtheld some $35 million in exclusives when it exited Corcoran. The jump to Compass from Corcoran mirrored other such moves around that time.

Brenner himself has brokered property deals worth more than $150 million total and development-related deals worth more than $250 million. He focuses in particular on the hospitality sector, having closed deals for three new hotel sites in New York.

Before embarking on his real estate career a decade ago, Brenner worked in advertising and marketing on Madison Avenue. He also dabbles in screenplay writing and film production.

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