{"id":1500,"date":"2018-09-12T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/12\/compass-development-and-the-mark-company-join-forces\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:24:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:24:19","slug":"compass-development-and-the-mark-company-join-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/12\/compass-development-and-the-mark-company-join-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"Compass Development and The Mark Company Join Forces"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><strong><span class=\"\"><i class=\"\">Following Compass\u2019 <a href=\"pacific-union-joins-compass\/\">acquisition of Pacific Union,<\/a> Compass Development and The Mark Company\u2019s integrated team will power luxury residential development sales with largest number of real estate professionals on the West Coast<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2223931-1&amp;h=4240456413&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.compass.com%2F&amp;a=Compass\"><span class=\"\">Compass<\/span><\/a> <span class=\"\">, <\/span> <span class=\"\">the real estate technology company, announced today that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarkcompany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Mark Company, Pacific Union<\/a>\u2019s development division, will join forces with Compass Development to deliver premier sales and marketing services to luxury residential developers across the Western United States. With the most experienced new development professionals in the industry, the combined team\u2019s research, planning and design, marketing and sales services will be enhanced by Compass&#8217; national team of over 6,400 real estate professionals. Leveraging The Mark Company\u2019s impressive history and Compass\u2019 innovative technology, this new integrated team will deliver an unparalleled client experience.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-49799 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-11-at-10_01_56-PM-300x300-1-300x300.png\" alt=\"the mark company\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">The Mark Company, founded in 1997, has represented more than 10,000 residences and generated over $5 billion in sales for some of the nation\u2019s most notable and successful developments, including the Infinity in San Francisco, Evo in Los Angeles and The Martin in Las Vegas. The firm, a trusted partner to global leaders in residential development, recently set a record high watermark with a $4,500 per square foot sale at 181 Fremont, for the sale of the most expensive condominium in San Francisco.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">&#8220;For over twenty years, The Mark Company has delivered record sales and extraordinary service to the West Coast development community,\u201d &nbsp;said Justin D\u2019Adamo, Head of New Development, Compass. \u201cWe are thrilled to welcome their team to Compass Development. Together, with our proprietary market intelligence, game-changing technology and expansive reach, <\/span> <span class=\"\">we can counsel our developer clients on what to build while selling their properties faster and at a premium to the market.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Luxury developers will benefit from Compass\u2019 reach. The firm is committed to opening in the <a href=\"compass-market-speculation-irresponsible\/\">top 20 cities<\/a> in the United States and has opened 65 new offices this year. Compass currently has a presence in San Francisco, Marin, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, Seattle, Aspen, Dallas, Chicago, Boston, Greenwich, Westchester, New York City, The Hamptons, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Naples and Miami.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u201cThis merger creates an unbeatable team. The Mark Company\u2019s outstanding track record with the nation\u2019s leading developers, plus Compass\u2019 dynamic market intelligence and technology, will win a seat at the table for every important development conversation going forward in the future.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"\">Ross McCredie, The Mark Company CEO<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Together, Compass\/The Mark Company <\/span> <span class=\"\">has represented more than 14,000<\/span> <span class=\"\">residences and generated over $6 billion in sales for some of the nation\u2019s most successful developments, including The Harrison, a Ken Fulk-designed tower in San Francisco, 100 East 53rd Street, designed by Norman Foster in New York, and 152 Elizabeth Street by Tadao Ando in New York. <\/span> <span class=\"\">New developments the Compass\/The Mark Company team will be focused on include the highly <\/span> <span class=\"\">anticipated launch of the $1 billion Oceanwide Plaza in Downtown Los Angeles, <\/span> <span class=\"\">875 California, a Nob Hill development from Grosvenor that will launch sales in 2019 and 901 Tennessee in Dogpatch, San Francisco\u2019s wildly popular arts district.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Following Compass\u2019 acquisition of Pacific Union, Compass Development and The Mark Company\u2019s integrated team will power luxury residential development sales with largest number of real estate professionals on the West 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