Litchfield County, Conn. (February 19, 2019) — William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty today announced that Kristine Newell, manager of the firm’s four Litchfield County brokerages and regional manager for the Hartford County regional brokerage, has been named the company’s 2018 Manager of the Year. Newell was chosen from among 16 brokerage managers for the honor, winning the award for the first time in her career with the firm.
“It gives me great pleasure to honor Kristine Newell as our Manager of the Year. She continuously proves a significant talent and great asset to our company,” said Paul Breunich, President and Chief Executive Officer of William Pitt-Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty. “She has demonstrated a powerful ability to attract and retain the region’s top agents, and is incredibly resourceful with a skill for working through any issue, large or small.”
Breunich further attributed the accomplishment to Newell’s boutique style of operations and hands-on guidance and support of her sales force.
With 18 years of expertise in real estate, Newell has served as a brokerage manager with the firm since 2015. Under Newell’s leadership, the company has been a consistently dominating force in Litchfield County, holding number one market share in sold dollar volume for each of the past four years.
Her successes include spearheading the firm’s expansion in 2018 into Hartford County, Conn., where she helped to locate and build out office space as well as oversee the launch of the new office in Avon. From 2015-2018, she was instrumental in growing the newly opened Berkshires, Mass., offices from eight agents to over 20, and in 2017-2018, she helped lead the firm to become the number one brokerage in Berkshire County in sold dollar volume for the first time in its history.
Newell additionally oversaw the firm’s exclusive listing of the first new construction residences at the luxury spa destination Canyon Ranch in Lenox, Mass, in 2016, in collaboration with the Sotheby’s International Realty Upper East Side Manhattan office. To date, the project has been a great success, spearheading a new level of luxury condominium sales in Berkshire County.
Newell has always placed a heavy emphasis on social media and innovative luxury marketing, drawing upon her strengths in these areas to assist agents in providing the highest level of service to buyers and sellers, as well as targeting high net worth clients. She introduced the company’s “Escape to the Hills” print, online and social media marketing campaign, introducing wider awareness of the unique and robust Litchfield Hills lifestyle. She is also a regular guest speaker on social media in Sotheby’s International Realty® affiliate offices throughout Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York.
“I am lucky to work with an amazing group of people that continue to inspire me daily by their dedication – we continue to go the extra mile for our clients,” said Newell. “Sotheby’s International Realty is by far the most sophisticated and real estate brand out there, and I have an enormous sense of pride in working for this company. With our technology, style and passion, we are a force to be reckoned with in Litchfield County.”
Newell was elected President of the Litchfield County Board of Realtors for 2019. She additionally focuses on strengthening the company’s ties to the local community and has organized several fundraising initiatives including “The Great Estates and Exotic Cars” charity event, partnering with the exclusive racing club Lime Rock Drivers Club to benefit SOAR, the Susan B. Anthony Project and the Kent Community Fund. She is also on the Board of Directors for Prime Time House, a non-profit that supports adults with mental illness.
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