SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacific Union
International CEO Mark A. McLaughlin
has been recognized as one of the most powerful and influential
leaders in the residential real estate brokerage industry according
to the 2018 Swanepoel Power 200 (SP200) rankings.
McLaughlin has been named to the SP200 every year since its
inception five years ago. In an announcement this week, Swanepoel
recognized McLaughlin as the No. 9 most powerful Power
Broker in the United States and
Canada. On the overall list, his
rank has steadily climbed for the last four years, from No. 86 in
2015 to No. 34 in 2018 www.sp200.com. This year, more than 3,000
executives were considered, and only 274 earned
acknowledgements.
San Francisco-based Pacific
Union International has recently been on the expansion trail,
uniting important Southern
California firms including John Aaroe Group, Partners Trust,
and Gibson International, as well as Northern California's Empire Realty
Associates. On Jan. 3, all brokerages
rebranded as Pacific Union, linking
more than 1,700 real estate professionals across 51 offices in
California. Projecting 2018 sales
volume of $18 billion, Pacific Union
International is the No. 1 independent real estate brokerage in
California.
"As we pursue this unprecedented growth, we are not building
corporate infrastructure to manage that growth, rather we are
empowering our elite real estate professionals," McLaughlin says.
"Being Independent means making decisions as close to our clients
as possible, and at Pacific Union, our
clients are our real estate professionals."
Two examples of this empowerment are the brokerage's unique
Innovation Lab and Pacific Union
University. Pacific Union's
Innovation Lab is essentially a "skunk works" operation run by the
firm's real estate professionals to develop a technology vision and
produce industry-leading tools, with Silicon Valley-edge.
Pacific Union University is formed and
fueled by elite real estate professionals to shape education and
share best practices through collaborative learning, giving the
brokerage's professionals a clear advantage over its
competitors.
About Pacific Union International
Founded in San Francisco in
1975, Pacific Union International, Inc. is the West Coast's premier
luxury real estate brand with 2017 sales volume of $14.1 billion. In 2016, real estate industry
leaders RISMedia and REAL Trends ranked Pacific Union as the
eighth-largest brokerage in the U.S.
Through its 2015 acquisition of The Mark Company, the nation's
leading sales and marketing firm for new urban luxury developments,
Pacific Union expanded its brand to
development projects from San
Diego to Seattle.
In 2016 Pacific Union merged with
Los Angeles-based brokerage John
Aaroe Group, followed in 2017 with mergers with Partners Trust and
Gibson International also based in Los
Angeles, and Empire Realty Associates, extending the Pacific
Union brand to become the preeminent leader and ultimate
California real estate company.
The strategic alliance of these five powerhouses supports
1,700 elite real estate professionals in more than 50 offices
throughout the West Coast. Northern
California markets include San
Francisco, Marin,
Contra Costa, Alameda, Napa, and Sonoma counties, Silicon Valley, and the Lake
Tahoe region. Greater Los Angeles
markets include Beverly Hills,
Malibu, Downtown, Northeast LA,
the Westside, and the San Fernando
and San Gabriel Valleys.
To extend Pacific Union's
international reach, in 2013 the brokerage established an
award-winning, Beijing-based China
Concierge program that fully supports its Chinese investors on the
mainland. Additionally, Pacific Union
offers a full range of personal and commercial real estate
services, including buying, selling, and relocation in addition to
operating joint-venture businesses that provide rental and
commercial property management and insurance services. Locally
owned, Pacific Union executes with a
vision for the future, an entrepreneurial mindset, and an
unwavering commitment to deliver exceptional service and expertise.
For more information, visit: www.pacificunion.com.
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