National real estate firm names new leadership for Sarasota office

A national residential real estate brokerage is growing its presence in the Sarasota market, naming a managing broker and adding three agents to its office downtown.

Sarasota native Andrew Greenwell will head up the Douglas Elliman office at 1350 Main St.

Also joining him are his business partner and an independent team, marking a “significant expansion of Douglas Elliman’s Sarasota operations” and “signaling the firm’s strategic investment in Florida’s West Coast,” according to a statement.

Greenwell is the founder and CEO of Venture Sotheby’s International Realty, a California brokerage, and he was a cast member on Bravo’s show "Million Dollar Listing San Francisco." In his more than 20 years of real estate leadership experience, Greenwell has built firms in Washington, California and Hawaii, according to a statement.

"Being third generation, Sarasota has always felt like home,” Greenwell says in a statement. “My family has deep roots in construction and development along the Gulf Coast, which inspired me to carve my own path in real estate. Now that I’ve returned, I’m eager to build a collaborative, forward-thinking culture with the Douglas Elliman team.”

Nikki Taylor, Greenwell’s longtime business partner at Sotheby’s International Realty and a Sarasota resident since 2000, will also be joining him at Douglas Elliman Sarasota. She and Greenwell currently represent about $18 million in listings, with more in the pipeline, according to the statement.

“Andrew’s return to Sarasota marks a full-circle moment,” says Jay Phillip Parker, an executive with Douglas Elliman Florida. “His deep local roots, paired with national leadership experience, make him uniquely qualified to lead our next chapter in Florida’s West Coast. Bringing him back to Sarasota, along with this high-caliber team, is a major win for Douglas Elliman and for this region.”

Team members Kelly Mooney and Betsy Sublette, who have decades of experience, will be joining Douglas Elliman Sarasota as well, the release states. Mooney, a licensed Realtor since 2004, was the contract manager for the sold-out Hyatt Residences on Siesta Key Beach, according to the statement, while Sublette has spent 30 years in the real estate industry.

Douglas Elliman Inc., which trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker DOUG, owns Douglas Elliman Realty. Headquartered in New York City, Douglas Elliman Realty has operations in Florida, New York, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, Texas, Virginia and Washington, D.C. It has done $36.4 billion in sales with $87 billion in new development and has 6,600 agents in key luxury markets, according to its website. In addition to Sarasota, Douglas Elliman Realty has offices in Naples and St. Petersburg in the region.