{"id":16810,"date":"2015-05-07T18:09:37","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T22:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2015\/05\/keller-williams-real-estate-prepares-to-open-office-on-broadway-in-saratoga.html"},"modified":"2015-05-07T18:09:37","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T22:09:37","slug":"keller-williams-real-estate-prepares-to-open-office-on-broadway-in-saratoga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2015\/05\/keller-williams-real-estate-prepares-to-open-office-on-broadway-in-saratoga\/","title":{"rendered":"Keller Williams Real Estate Prepares To Open Office On Broadway In Saratoga"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Marc Weiss and his wife, Carrie, operate the Keller Williams office in Saratoga\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
BY JILL NAGY<\/p>\n
Keller Williams Real Estate will open an office in \nSaratoga Springs in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n
Marc Weiss, the regional director and franchise \nholder, said that “they are just doing the finishing \nup touches” on the office space at 353 Broadway, on \nthe fifth floor of the Hotel Van Dam. \n“We will be up and running very quickly,” he said. \nA grand opening will be scheduled in June.<\/p>\n
Keller Williams specializes in commercial \nproperty and luxury homes, according to Weiss. He \nexpects to open the Saratoga Springs office with 20 \npeople, mainly brokers. His goal is to grow the office \nto 100 people.<\/p>\n
Weiss described Keller Williams as the largest \nreal estate brand in the country, with some 114,000 \nassociates and the company adds more than 25,000 \nmore each year. He and his wife, who own the local \nfranchise together, already have offices in Latham \nand Delmar. He reported 24 percent growth last \nyear and expects similar growth in 2015. \nHe characterized Saratoga as a “stellar market \n… I love the community and the culture.”<\/p>\n
The parent company has a different business \nmodel from other national real estate organizations, \nWeiss said. Realtors are independent contractors \n(the usual arrangement) but Keller Williams helps \nthem grow their brand, he said.<\/p>\n
“We build a partnership with our associates,” he \nsaid, including a profit-sharing plan. The company \nalso provides training. “We train them to help them \nbecome business owners,” providing classes and \ncoaching for brokers and associates.<\/p>\n
Weiss said he grew up in a commercial real estate \nfamily. His father is a Capital District and Massachusetts \ndeveloper. Some of his recent projects were the \nPrice Chopper headquarters in Schenectady and \nthe Starlight Music Theater in Latham.<\/p>\n
Weiss can be reached at 229-9099. His webpage \nis www.kwcapitaldistrictny.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Marc Weiss and his wife, Carrie, operate the Keller Williams office in Saratoga BY JILL NAGY Keller Williams Real Estate will open an office in Saratoga Springs in the next few weeks. Marc Weiss, the regional director and franchise…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":22283,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[57,108,115],"class_list":["post-16810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","tag-business-news","tag-real-estate","tag-saratoga-springs"],"yoast_head":"\r\n
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