The luxury real estate agency Ivester Jackson, a subsidiary of Christie’s International Real Estate in North Carolina, has opened an office in Wrightsville Beach.
The move marks the sixth expansion for Ivester Jackson, a company that has three offices in Charlotte, two in Asheville and a seventh in the Highlands region.
The Wrightsville Beach location at 527 Causeway Drive in the former home of MegaCorp and then PlayerSpace already has 10 brokers on board, said Britt Allen, broker in charge of Invester Jackson Coastal.
Allen said the Wrightsville Beach office should not exceed 30 officers.
“We are a luxury niche brokerage,” Allen said, adding that affiliation with Christie’s is by invitation only.
Reed Jackson, managing partner of Ivester Jackson, said in a press release: “Our market-leading partnership with Christie’s International Real Estate has led to more than 70 real estate closings worth more than $2 million in statewide last year, putting us at the top of the market. North Carolina Luxury Brokers. The coastal demands of Christie’s and Christie’s International Real Estate clients and our own network of luxury brokers, as well as the dynamic growth of Wilmington, have led us to select this new location for our next collaboration.
Christie’s International Real Estate is owned by Christie’s Auction House, Allen said.
“As the real estate arm of the world’s premier fine art auction house, we continue to identify and grow in emerging luxury enclaves to help top brokers and their clients,” said Rick Moeser, executive director of Christie’s International Real Estate, in the press release.
Sales have been on the rise for two years in the Wilmington-area luxury market. Since July 1 last year, 680 properties worth more than $1 million have been purchased in coastal communities from Sunset Beach to Wilmington’s barrier islands and down to Atlantic Beach, according to the release. press release from Christie’s. That compares to 280 properties closing within the same range the previous year.
“We really see Wilmington, Wrightsville Beach and those areas along the coast as a real emerging luxury market,” Allen said.
