Century 21 adopts a focus on commercial

Josh Ebbstein, Debbie Townsend, Kate Ebbstein and Hamish Ebbstein all from Nambour.

A Nambour real estate agency is taking on the big guns with plans to expand their services to include commercial real estate.

Century 21’s Gary De Paoli recently bought Day & Grimes agency in Currie Street, rebranded and retained the services of its principal Ian Black.

Now, Mr Black has been tasked with leading the commercial arm, an area with which he is already familiar.

“Gary has retained my services to help develop a strong local commercial department within Century 21,” Mr Black said.

“So we are now ramping up as opposed to what I was doing, just servicing those who came along and said, ‘Ian, can you look after my commercial property?’

“We’re going to be more active in the commercial realm and we want to make people aware that this opportunity exists to deal with truly local agents with local knowledge.

“So if people in town need any advice, we’re there for you. We’re looking to expand that business in Nambour and the hinterland. Already someone has said, ‘I’m noticing a lot of Century 21 signs going up in windows in town’, so that’s great. We’re getting noticed.”

Led by Principal Gary De Paoli, the acquisition of leading Nambour agency Day & Grimes this year was the second Century 21 office for the award-winning agent.

Mr De Paoli’s business has gone from strength to strength since he joined the global real estate network in late 2019.