Ms. Packes was President of Feathered Nest, one of Manhattan’s largest rental companies, with approximately 70 people engaged exclusively in residential rentals. Ms. Packes specialized the work of Feathered Nest to residential rentals and created a referral system with real estate colleagues in both the sale and commercial markets. Feathered Nest’s creation of its referral system facilitated the distribution of information for the benefit of both industry professionals and consumers in the absence of a multiple listing system. Ms. Packes sold Feathered Nest in 1998 to the owners of Brown Harris Stevens.
After the sale of Feathered Nest, Ms. Packes focused on the representation of owners in the rental market as a consultant for the design of the building and marketing materials and as an exclusive on-site agent. To date she has handled approximately 40 rental projects.
Beginning in 2005, she formed a partnership with Terra Holdings, the parent company of Brown Harris Stevens, to create Brown Harris Stevens Project Marketing. BHSPM focused solely on on-site sales projects. Under that banner Ms. Packes provided the same broad range of services encompassing design development through sell out.
In 2009 Ms. Packes launched Nancy Packes Inc. Signature Marketing Services her own brand for on-site sales and rental exclusive brokerage. The company’s client list and the duration of those relationships speaks to the level of insight, creativity and excellence of execution that her firm is known for.
Professional Affiliation
Ms. Packes has been twice elected Chairperson of the Ethics Committee and twice elected co-chairperson of the Rental Committee of the Residential Division of the Real Estate Board of New York. She has served as one of seven members of the Board of Directors of the Residential Division of the Real Estate Board of New York.
