{"id":2628,"date":"2021-11-09T18:05:22","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T18:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/09\/douglas-elliman-to-remove-the-cigarette-and-hot-dog-shackles\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:39:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:39:31","slug":"douglas-elliman-to-remove-the-cigarette-and-hot-dog-shackles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/09\/douglas-elliman-to-remove-the-cigarette-and-hot-dog-shackles\/","title":{"rendered":"Douglas Elliman to remove the cigarette and hot dog shackles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Luxury real estate brokerage <strong>Douglas Elliman<\/strong> is going to be spun off from its parent company <strong>Vector Group<\/strong>, the owner of discount cigarette brands and <strong>Nathan&#8217;s Famous<\/strong> hot dogs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Howard Lorber, the CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/ir.vectorgroupltd.com\/financial-information\/sec-filings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vector<\/a>, told <strong>Bloomberg<\/strong> that the spinoff would occur on Tuesday, with the luxury brokerage being listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker, &#8220;DOUG.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTobacco has good, consistent cash flow, but there are still certain funds and institutions that won\u2019t invest in it,\u201d Lorber told Bloomberg in an interview. \u201cThis opens up the capital markets directly for our real estate business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lorber also said the new structure would help attract employees and acquire brokerages in target markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the years, Elliman, once <strong>Prudential Douglas Elliman<\/strong>, has burnished a reputation for being a top player in key luxury real estate markets, especially its stomping grounds of New York City. Elliman was the third-largest residential brokerage in New York City by closed sales in 2020, with $3.06 billion, which placed it behind <strong>Compass<\/strong> and the <strong>Corcoran Group<\/strong>, according to The Real Deal&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-11-08\/new-york-s-douglas-elliman-brokerage-to-spin-off-as-public-firm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">annual rankings<\/a>. It also has a big presence in Miami, and is growing in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like most luxury brokerages, Elliman has sought to expand its national presence in recent years to emerging markets. 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