{"id":1967,"date":"2018-06-01T19:20:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T19:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/01\/the-keyes-company-florida-acquires-the-real-estate-company\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:35:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:35:08","slug":"the-keyes-company-florida-acquires-the-real-estate-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/01\/the-keyes-company-florida-acquires-the-real-estate-company\/","title":{"rendered":"The Keyes Company Florida Completes Another Brokerage Acquisition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"the-keyes-company-and-illustrated-properties-unite-prolific-real-estate-families-through-merger\/\">Growing firm<\/a>,&nbsp;The Keyes Company, adds Stuart-based The Real Estate Company, Inc. to Treasure Coast operation<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keyes.com\/\">The Keyes Company<\/a> has bolstered its team servicing the Treasure Coast with the acquisition of Stuart-based firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realestate-treasurecoast.com\/\">The Real Estate Company, Inc.<\/a> This marks the sixth brokerage acquired by Keyes and its Family of Companies in the past year.<\/p>\n<p>Led by Jim Weix, The Real Estate Company, Inc. brings 25 agents to the Keyes Stuart office managed by Nancy Taylor. The firm was founded in 2002 and generated a 2017 sales volume of more than $40 million.<\/p>\n<p>The move was officially announced on Thursday, May 31.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-46658 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/01\/Tim-Pappas-Jim-Weix-Nancy-Taylor-Steve-Reibel-1024x768-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the brokerage industry becomes increasingly challenging, we felt we needed a partner that would advance and support our agents and take their business to the next level,\u201d Weix said. \u201cKeyes particularly appealed to us because of the firm\u2019s independent nature.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Going forward, The Real Estate Company, Inc. will operate out of the Keyes Stuart office located at 309 Osceola St., Suite 204.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe addition of The Real Estate Company, Inc. and the firm\u2019s talented agents to our family is an exciting development in an important market for us,\u201d Keyes CEO <a href=\"real-trends-500-insights-ep-8-mike-pappas\/\">Mike Pappas<\/a> said. \u201cWe continue to pursue the right expansion opportunities throughout South Florida, the Keys and the Treasure Coast.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During the first quarter of 2018, Keyes announced the acquisition of Aventura-based Rickenback Realty. 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