Join Us For a Special EventCelebrating
US Open Finals Week

Harmonizing Success:
The S&E Division and the Luxury Agent Network

Join us for a week of connection, creativity, and collaboration as we bring together the Compass Family from across the nation in the heart of New York City's exciting fall season!

Gretchen Coley, Heather Domi, John Eric, and Steven Shane are delighted to present a distinctive collaboration with the S&E Division and Luxury Agents in celebration of US Open Finals Week in NYC. In partnership with the Luxury Division as the programming collaborator, the NYC Edition of the Sports & Entertainment Event Series promises an unforgettable experience and serves as an excellent kickoff to the Fall selling season.

US OPEN FINALS WEEK IN NYC
SEPTEMBER 4TH - 6TH, 2024

Did you say Pickleball?

As everyone's love for the sport of pickleball continues to grow, we're thrilled to announce an exhilarating pickleball tournament on September 4th and 5th.

The tournament kicks off on September 4th in Long Island City, with the semi-finals and finals set to take place on the outdoor court at Hudson Yards on September 5th. Join us in this incredible setting to cheer on the finalists to victory, alongside our S&E members, top luxury agents from across the country, and Compass Leadership.

Agenda

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH

1:30PM - 4:00PM
Pickleball Tournament at CityPickle at Wollman Rink in Central Park

Q29G+46, 830 5th Ave, New York, NY 10065
Enter Central Park at 6th Ave and 59th St to access Wollman Rink

All Levels - Beginner & Intermediate/Advanced

6:00PM - 8:00PM
Welcome Cocktails & Reception at 33 Park Row Penthouse

33 Park Row, New York, NY 10038

Hosted by Leonard Steinberg and The Leonard Steinberg Team

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH

11:30AM - 2:00PM
Lunch + Panel at 35 Hudson Yards

35 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001, Residence #8601

Real Estate Literacy & Portfolio Diversification for UHNWI, Athletes & Artists
Moderated by Robert Frank, CNBC Wealth Editor

Special Guest: James Beale, Head of Business Development and Sports & Entertainment, Rockefeller Global Family Office. Fara Leff, Chief Operating Officer and United Talent Agency Partner, KLUTCH Sports Group.

Navigating the Future of New Development: Strategies, Challenges, and Opportunities in the Real Estate Market
Moderated by Robert Frank, CNBC Wealth Editor

Insightful conversation with honorary guest Jeff Blau, Related Companies CEO.

3:30PM - 6:00PM
Pickleball Semis + Finals at Hudson Yards Public Sq.

11th Avenue and, Hudson Blvd E, New York, NY 10001

Cheer on our final pairings to victory with Compass Leadership. Entertainment, food and beverage feat. Hometown BBQ and DJ Tolga

*Winners of the Pickleball Tournament will Join Robert and Benis Reffkin for Shabbat Dinner Friday, Sept 6th.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH

10:00AM - 12:00PM
Rain Date Pickleball Finals

12:00PM - 2:00PM
Lunch + Programming at The Cortland

555 W 22nd St, New York, NY 10011

Establishing Your Brand as Its Own Lead Gen Machine
Special Guest: Felipe Hernandez, Luxury Division at Compass in Conversation with John Cox, Agenta/Blok.

Leveling Up Your Social Media and Delivering ROI
Special Guest: Matthew Kan, CMO & CoFounder, Luxury Listings

6:00PM - Pickleball Champions - Shabbat Dinner at the Reffkins

Edge New York - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH

2:00PM - 3:30PM

3:00PM Group Photo with Robert Reffkin on the top of the Edge

Included with your event ticket, while at Hudson Yards you will have priority access to experience Edge New York.

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Please review the agenda and pricing carefully, and note that pickleball participation is offered separately as an add-on to your attendance of the three-day event! This collaboration offers priority registration AND pricing to S&E Members - this registration will be available Wednesday, July 17th at noon ET for S&E members ONLY and will be opened to luxury agents across the country beginning July 31st at noon ET!

Special Advertising Opportunity Available to Agents

$250.00

Only available through August 20th.

SOLD OUT!

Purchase the Advertising Add-On

Get ready to elevate your brand or listing at the S&E + Luxury Agent NYC Event with our exclusive advertising opportunity. Stand out in this intimate setting by purchasing a full-page ad for just $250 and enjoy increased exposure and recognition. Don't miss out on this chance to make a lasting impression!

Ad specifications: 5.5”w x 8.5”h - Plus .125” bleed, full-color, camera ready art must be submitted as a high-resolution JPEG or PDF file at 300 dpi. Click here to purchase your ad and look out for your confirmation email for submission instructions. Artwork due by August 20th.

Hotel Recommendations

Roxy Hotel

Tribeca

Nightly Price: $561 (As of 8/20, before taxes/fees, weeknight date)

Directions to City Pickle via E train: 36 Minutes

Directions to Hudson Yards via A, C, E Train: 31 Minutes

Direction to 33 Park Row Walk: 15 Minutes

Moxy NYC Chelsea

Near 23rd E Train

Nightly Price: $404 (As of 7/31, before taxes/fees, weeknight date)

Directions to City Pickle via E train: 29 Minutes

Directions to Hudson Yards via A, C, E Train: 14 Minutes

Direction to 33 Park Row Walk: 19 Minutes

Soho Grand Hotel

Near Canal E Train

Nightly Price: $652 (As of 8/20, before taxes/fees, weeknight date)

Directions to City Pickle via E Train: 35 Minutes

Directions to Hudson Yards via A, C, E Train: 22 Minutes

Direction to 33 Park Row via A, C, E Train: 10 Minutes

HOTEL (The Mercer)

Near Spring E Train

Nightly Price: SOLD OUT

Directions to City Pickle via E Train: 39 Minutes

Directions to Hudson Yards via A, C, E Train: 27 Minutes

Direction to 33 Park Row via R, W Train: 11 Minutes

The Dominick

Near Spring E Train

Nightly Price: $1,029 (As of 8/20, before taxes/fees, weeknight date)

Directions to City Pickle via E Train: 33 Minutes

Directions to Hudson Yards via A, C, E Train: 20 Minutes

Direction to 33 Park Row via R, W Train: 12 Minutes

Washington Square Hotel

Near W 4th E Train

Nightly Price: $584 (As of 8/20, before taxes/fees, weeknight date)

Directions to City Pickle via E Train: 31 Minutes

Directions to Hudson Yards via A, C, E Train: 19 Minutes

Direction to 33 Park Row via A, C, E Train: 14 Minutes

The Marlton Hotel

Near W 4th E Train

Nightly Price: $474 (As of 8/20, before taxes/fees, weeknight date)

Directions to City Pickle via E Train: 33 Minutes

Directions to Hudson Yards via A, C, E Train: 21 Minutes

Direction to 33 Park Row via A, C Train: 16 Minutes

Gansevoort Meatpacking

Near 14th E Train

Nightly Price: $889 (As of 8/20, before taxes/fees, weeknight date)

Directions to City Pickle via E Train: 33 Minutes

Directions to Hudson Yards via C, E Train: 20 Minutes

Direction to 33 Park Row via A, C Train: 22 Minutes

The Moore

Near 23rd E Train

Nightly Price: SOLD OUT

Directions to City Pickle via E Train: 27 Minutes

Directions to Hudson Yards via C, E Train: 15 Minutes

Direction to 33 Park Row via A, C, E Train: 19 Minutes

The Hotel Chelsea

Near 23rd E Train

Nightly Price: $995 (As of 8/20, before taxes/fees, weeknight date)

Directions to City Pickle via E Train: 28 Minutes

Directions to Hudson Yards via C, E Train: 15 Minutes

Direction to 33 Park Row via C, E Train: 19 Minutes

Hyatt Place NY Chelsea

Near 23rd E Train

Nightly Price: $369 (As of 8/20, before taxes/fees, weeknight date)

Directions to City Pickle via E Train: 31 Minutes

Directions to Hudson Yards via C, E Train: 18 Minutes

Direction to 33 Park Row via E Train: 22 Minutes

The Nomad Hotel

Near 23rd E Train

Nightly Price: $778 (As of 8/20, before taxes/fees, weeknight date)

Directions to City Pickle via W -> 7 train: 26 Minutes

Directions to Hudson Yards via R, W, → 7 Train: 16 Minutes

Direction to 33 Park Row via R, W Train: 17 Minutes

Equinox At Hudson Yards Hotel

Near 7 Train

Nightly Price: SOLD OUT

Directions to City Pickle via 7 train: 30 Minutes

Direction to 33 Park Row via C, E Train: 29 Minutes

Conrad New York Downtown

Battery Park City

Nightly Price: $811 (As of 8/20, before taxes/fees, weeknight date)

Directions to City Pickle via E train: 43 Minutes

Directions to Hudson Yards via A, C, E Train: 31 Minutes

Direction to 33 Park Row Walk: 14 Minutes

Additional Resources

We highly recommend securing your tickets as soon as possible to take advantage of the best pricing for the U.S. Open. Stubhub currently has a decent selection of tickets available.

If you are looking for something you cannot find online, please feel free to reach out to Mike Zandman who specializes in luxury ticket offerings at (917) 282-2444. Mike will also have access to some Fashion Week shows as it gets closer to event time. Let him know you are in town attending the Compass S&E event.

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James Beale

National Business Development Director

James M. Beale is National Business Development Director for Rockefeller Global Family Office (RGFO) and a member of the firm’s Management Committee. As National Business Development Director, James is responsible for driving Inorganic and Organic Growth strategies across RGFO. James is responsible for Practice Management, Relationship Management and RGFO’s Sports & Entertainment business.

James joined Rockefeller in April 2020, leading and shaping the firm’s Capital Markets and Managed Solutions Businesses.

Prior to joining Rockefeller, James spent 16 years with Merrill Lynch where he held leadership positions in Capital Markets Sales and Origination. James concluded his time at Merrill Lynch as a Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets Sales. Before joining Merrill Lynch in 2004, James started his career in finance at Scudder Investments serving in both Origination and Distribution roles after concluding a professional hockey career in Europe and the U.S.

James is an active advocate for victims of pediatric cancer and serves as a Trustee and Advisory Director on the board of The Arms Wide Open Childhood Cancer Foundation. James is also a member of the Board of Trustees for Xaverian High School in Brooklyn, NY, serving on the board’s investment committee. A graduate of Wagner College, James holds his Series 7,24, 63 and 65 licenses.

Matthew Kan

Partner and CMO of Luxury Listings

Matthew Kan is the Partner and CMO of Luxury Listings, one of the most followed luxury real estate social media networks worldwide with over 10M combined followers. With over 12 years of experience growing social media accounts to millions of followers, he is passionate about helping agents learn and apply social strategies as an integral part of their marketing toolkit to generate exposure and new business.

John Cox

SVP of Sales & Marketing for Blok

John Cox is a partner, board member and acting SVP of Sales & Marketing for Blok, a real estate services and technology company that provides digital marketing, operations, strategy and back-office services for real estate agents. Prior to his current role, John was the co-founder and CEO of Agenta, which recently merged with Blok. Agenta is a SaaS media company that provides digital marketing services exclusively for real estate brands.
Before founding Agenta, John began his career in marketing as a digital media producer for Raben Media, a full-service media agency specializing in digital content for the entertainment industry. A self-taught web developer and graphic designer, John served as Raben Media’s Senior Developer for over a decade, where he produced digital marketing campaigns for entertainment clients such as Universal Pictures, Warner Brothers, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Dreamworks Animation, Twentieth Century Fox, Marvel and Netflix.

Since dedicating his time to helping real estate clients, John has worked directly with hundreds of top agents, teams and brokerages across the country, including numerous top 100 agents and teams ranked by RealTrands and The Wall Street Journal.

John currently resides in Nashville with his wife, Juliana, a Compass agent and 15-year industry veteran. When he’s not talking about real estate, you’ll find him carving twisties on a Harley Davidson.

Jeff Blau

Chief Executive Officer of Related Companies

Chairman and Founding Partner of energyRe

Jeff T. Blau is the Chief Executive Officer and a partner of Related Companies, the most prominent privately-owned real estate company in the United States. Mr. Blau joined Related in 1990.

Mr. Blau also serves as Chairman and is a founding partner of energyRe, a leading independent company developing transformative clean energy projects across the country.

As Chief Executive Officer of Related, Mr. Blau is responsible for directing and overseeing new developments worth more than $60 billion in virtually every sector of the real estate industry. He is responsible for the strategic direction of the company, overall management of the firm, the pursuit of new development opportunities and corporate acquisitions and financing activities across all business platforms.

In his role as Chairman and Founding Partner of energyRe, Mr. Blau led the recruitment of the company’s executive management team, and continues to oversee the company's foundational, nation-leading renewable energy projects including Clean Path NY and Leading Light Wind. Clean Path NY is the largest renewable energy infrastructure project in the United States and is an $11 billion transmission-led development, comprised of a 175-mile underground transmission line and 3,800 MW of solar and wind generation. Leading Light Wind, is a $6 billion, off-shore wind project in the New York Bight.

Mr. Blau also serves on the Board of Directors of Equinox Holdings, Inc., the Central Park Conservancy, the New York City Partnership Fund, Robin Hood Foundation, Real Estate Roundtable, The Wharton Graduate School, Lincoln Center, and The Mount Sinai Medical Center.

Over the years, Mr. Blau has received numerous honors for his business, civic and philanthropic activities and was named to Crain’s New York’s New Influentials list of 25 leaders reshaping New York.

Mr. Blau completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan and received a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Fara Leff

Chief Operating Officer and United Talent Agency Partner

Fara Leff is the Chief Operating Officer of KLUTCH Sports Group and Partner at UTA, which represents star athletes in basketball, baseball, and football. Leff oversees the high-level operations of the powerhouse agency, managing its internal and external efforts, and strengthening the foundation and culture of the company’s strategy through their employees and clients.

Leff started KLUTCH in 2012 alongside CEO and Founder Rich Paul and has been integral to its growth and scale. An innovative and dynamic industry leader, Leff was named to Sports Business Journal’s Class of 40 Under 40 and the Athletics’ NBA 40 Under 40 list of executives shaping the industry’s future in 2022, and in 2021, TIME recognized KLUTCH Sports on its first-ever list of TIME100 Most Influential Companies. She was also named to Adweek’s 2023 Champions of Change, noted as one of 24 women who are transforming the sports world.

Leff graduated from the University of Miami with a Marketing degree and currently resides in Los Angeles.

Robert Frank

CNBC Wealth Editor

Robert Frank is an award-winning journalist, best-selling author and a leading authority on the American wealthy. He joined CNBC in May 2012 as Wealth Editor.

Prior to CNBC, Frank worked at The Wall Street Journal for 18 years, serving as a foreign correspondent in London and Singapore, and later covering Wall Street and corporate scandals. For eight years, he was the paper’s Wealth Reporter, covering the lives, culture and economy of the new rich.

Frank is the author of two books: “Richistan,” a New York Times best-seller, and “The High-Beta Rich,” released in 2011. His blog, The Wealth Report, was named by Time magazine as one of America’s most influential financial blogs.

Frank holds a bachelor’s degree in literature from State University of New York at Binghamton. He lives in New York with his wife and two daughters.

Join Us For a Special EventCelebratingUS Open Finals Week

Harmonizing Success:The S&E Division and the Luxury Agent Network

Join us for a week of connection, creativity, and collaboration as we bring together the Compass Family from across the nation in the heart of New York City's exciting fall season!

US OPEN FINALS WEEK IN NYCSEPTEMBER 4TH - 6TH, 2024

Event Sponsors

Did you say Pickleball?

Agenda

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH

Edge New York - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH

Get Tickets

Special Advertising Opportunity Available to Agents

$250.00

Only available through August 20th.

SOLD OUT!

Purchase the Advertising Add-On

Agenda

SEPTEMBER 4TH

SEPTEMBER 5TH

SEPTEMBER 6TH

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Hotel Recommendations

Roxy Hotel

Moxy NYC Chelsea

Soho Grand Hotel

HOTEL (The Mercer)

The Dominick

Washington Square Hotel

The Marlton Hotel

Gansevoort Meatpacking

The Moore

The Hotel Chelsea

Hyatt Place NY Chelsea

The Nomad Hotel

Equinox At Hudson Yards Hotel

Conrad New York Downtown

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Join Us For a Special EventCelebrating
US Open Finals Week

Harmonizing Success:
The S&E Division and the Luxury Agent Network

US OPEN FINALS WEEK IN NYC
SEPTEMBER 4TH - 6TH, 2024