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John Wollberg
Lic. Assoc. R.E. Broker
Tel: (212) 381-3300
Riverdale Office
jwollberg@halstead.com
Recipient of the prestigious lifetime achievement award, Henry Forster Award given by REBNY.
John Wollberg is known as one of the consummate residential real estate professionals in Manhattan. Since 1985, he has managed and/or brokered the sales and rental of over 5,500 apartments and today is the Executive Director of Sales, Park Avenue Flagship for Halstead Property.
John has represented buyers, sellers, tenants and landlords as well as banks and developers. Having worked "every side of the table", his clients always feel at ease knowing he can best represent their interests. John has represented everyone from brokers, developers and attorneys to celebrities in sports, network & news broadcasting to opera and disco divas, authors, composers, directors as well as Broadway and other performing artists. He has a truly encyclopedic knowledge of Manhattan's residential buildings and thanks to a photographic memory, can draw the floor plan of any apartment he has ever seen.
John was most recently Executive Vice President, Managing Director of ATCO Residential, a firm he founded in 1997. An active member of the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), he chaired the REBNY Listing System (RLS) and Technology Committees, served as the elected co-Chair of the Residential Board of Directors and was a driving force behind the development and launch of REBNY's public web portal. The site allows visitors to search member listings and obtain valuable New York City real estate information. In addition, he is a current member of the REBNY Admissions Committee as well as a judge for the Residential Deal of the Year. John is a state-accredited teacher for the Real Estate Board of New York and is often a guest speaker at seminars and on panels.
John became involved in residential real estate after receiving formal training in architecture at Tulane University, marketing at the University of Maryland and Business Administration at George Washington University. After several years in the automotive testing and business information fields, he entered real estate and directed residential conversions and real estate brokerage for three of New York's premier firms before founding Atco Residential Group in 1997. Today, John is a Board member of the George London Foundation for Singers and maintains homes in both Manhattan and Scarsdale, New York with his wife and three children.
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By Candace TaylorAs real estate brokers watch their incomes plummet in a vastly weakened market, experts say there's an accompanying increase in unethical behavior, from inflating asking prices to stealing buyers to making fake offers.While most brokers are well-behaved and...
The Real Deal - Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Halstead Property was proud to host the best in New York City Real Estate on Thursday, April 26th for the special event highlighting the new Halstead flagship office designed by renowned award-winning architectural firm Gensler.
Halstead Property celebrated a successful 2010 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Midtown Manhattan for their Annual Meeting on February 7th, 2011 attended by the 900+ agents acknowledging the top agents from the past year.
Get to know the head of Halstead's flagship office at 499 Park that is coming Spring of 2011. John Wollberg was awarded the prestigious REBNY Henry Forster Award & is highly regarded as one of the top industry executives.
During the May 2010 Advanced Seminar Halstead Exec. Director of Sales John Wollberg & Roberta Benzilio talk about the ins & outs of pricing any property during a pitch in today's market. Also covers what you need to know beforehand.
Diane Ramirez at the October 2010 Sales Meeting announcing the new flagship office at 499 Park Avenue, which features 22,000SF, full 14th and 15th floors and sweeping views.
John Wollberg, Halstead Director of Sales Eastside, joins some of his agents in touring this Upper Eastside neighborhood that presents some of the best opportunities for world class shopping, dining, and living, Lenox Hill.
Halstead Director of Sales Eastside, John Wollberg, and a group of his talented agents take us through one of Manhattan's most prestigious and culturally diverse neighborhoods located on the luxurious Upper East Side.
John Wollberg, Director of Sales Eastside, takes you on a stroll through the Yorkville Section of Manhattan along with his expert agents. They highlight the incredible suburban nature that you just can't find in other areas of Manhattan.
John Wollberg, Halstead Director of Sales Upper Eastside, joins some of his agents to tell you of the tree-lined streets awash in elegance and culture located in the Upper Eastside Section of Manhattan.
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