NYRAC co-founder launches Compass team

Compass broker Heather Domi, who has made a name organizing New York City residential agents, is launching her own team at the brokerage. 

Her former team, which she led with broker Henry Hershkowitz, finished 2021 with $66.8 million in sell-side volume, according to data collected by The Real Deal. Domi places the team’s overall volume that year at $129 million. 

A 22-year industry veteran with $1.5 billion in lifetime sales, Domi’s recent transactions include kicking off the year with a deal for a $23.5 million townhouse at 137 West 13th Street in the West Village. 

Domi co-founded in 2018 the New York Residential Agent Continuum, an agent advocacy group aimed at bringing awareness to industry-specific issues and promoting information-sharing among agents. She also served on REBNY’s Residential Brokerage Board of Directors until October, when she stepped down and accused the trade group of “taxation without representation.”

In a fiery resignation letter, Domi criticized the group for a lack of broker input in the organization’s decision-making process and the fact that brokers do not get a voting seat on the board of directors.

“We’re paying their bills but we don’t have a say,” Domi said in a call for equal representation between executives and rank-and-file brokers, which she said more closely resembles other realtor association leadership groups.

Joining Domi’s newly minted team is Alexa Lemieux as its first broker. Lemieux, not to be confused with a cast member from Netflix’s “Love is Blind” of the same name, previously worked with Beverly Hills Estates before joining Compass in December. 

Lemieux and Domi share personal connections to the world of professional hockey: Lemieux is the daughter of Hall of Fame hockey player Mario “Le Magnifique” Lemieux, and Domi is married to former Toronto Maple Leafs player Tie Domi.