Local Broker Wins North American Service Award

Shirley Gary, owner and CEO of Engel & Völkers Atlanta North Fulton and Engel & Völkers Buckhead Atlanta, has been named the inaugural winner of Engel & Völkers Americas’ newest award: The Development Services 2020 Project Award, based on her team’s exemplary work in support of the new construction market. The award was created to recognize the global brand’s North American leaders in creating and executing innovative services for their home builder clients.

Engel & Völkers is the only brokerage with a global new home builder division, called Engel & Völkers Development Services. The Project Award was created to honor the shop that best leverages the Development Services training, materials and supporting partners to win and successfully execute assignments encompassing anything from builder/developer advisory to project representation to taking over sales on behalf of the builder.

“When Engel & Völkers opened its global Developments Division, the company’s goal was to change the industry by doing something globally that most brokerages had only done before on a local level,” said Stuart Siegel, executive vice president of Engel & Völkers Americas and global head of Development Services. “Our collaborative international team gives builders more options, and drives more growth within our network. The Development Services division puts our clients first in a very dynamic way and gives them greater access to land, project ideas and industry experts. Shirley Gary is a vital part of this division and sits on its leadership board.”

“I am excited and proud to win the inaugural Project Award from Engel & Völkers Americas,” said Gary. “Our firm is uniquely positioned to help our builder clients connect with each other across the globe to share best practices and resources. I opened my own brokerage with the idea that I could shift gears and adapt quickly to market conditions to best meet the needs of my clients. In 2020, we adapted by utilizing iBuyers with our builder clients to help builders convert more traffic than normal. Our builders had potential buyers who couldn’t move forward without first selling their existing homes. We helped those buyers by introducing them to an agent concierge who could bring cash buyers to the table and bridge the gap from owning the old home to purchasing the new one.

“As we have moved through the pandemic and now into a market where builder inventory is lessened and new home construction prices are rising, my team and I continue to understand and anticipate our builder clients’ needs as well as the anxiety and excitement home buyers experience as they close on their dream home,” Gary continued. “Market changes are dynamic, stressful and by no means easy. That is where we excel. We are trained professionals who adapt quickly and move as necessary to best serve our clients.”

About Shirley Gary

Shirley Gary is owner and CEO of Engel & Völkers Buckhead Atlanta and Engel & Völkers Atlanta North Fulton. She opened her own firm, About Sales Inc., in 2007, and in 2013 it became Engel & Völkers Buckhead Atlanta, one of the global brand’s first metro Atlanta locations. Gary opened her second Engel & Völkers office, Engel & Völkers Atlanta North Fulton, in Alpharetta in 2018. Since that time, Gary and her team of associates have expanded their expertise in both general brokerage and new homes sales to more than $300 million annually, and won numerous awards and accolades for their success and leadership in the industry. www.buckheadatlanta.evrealestate.com, www.atlantanorthfulton.evrealestate.com

About Engel & Völkers

Since its beginning in 1977 as a specialty boutique providing exclusive, high-end real estate services in Hamburg, Germany, Engel & Völkers has become one of the world’s leading service companies specializing in the brokerage of premium residential and commercial real estate, new developments, yachts and aircraft. With over 800 locations in 30 countries on four continents, Engel & Völkers offers both private and institutional clients a professionally tailored range of luxury consultancy, sales and leasing services. The company established its North America corporate headquarters in 2007 and opened its first brokerage in the same year. Committed to exceptional service, Engel & Völkers supports its advisors with an array of premium quality business services, including intensive training in its in-house real estate Academy, as well as access to its global network of real estate professionals, property listings and market data. Engel & Völkers is an active supporter of the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Opportunity Act. Each brokerage is independently owned and operated.