Angel Nicolas, a top-producing real estate agent with more than $200 million in sales over the past year, has left Compass to join Serhant. State licensing records confirm that Nicolas’ license was transferred to Serhant on Monday.
Nicolas, who joined Compass in 2019 and was named one of its top 100 agents for 2024, is also moving most of his 18-person team to the new brokerage. Since starting his real estate career in 2016, Nicolas has closed nearly $2 billion in sales. His business focuses on areas including Coconut Grove, Gables Estates, Pinecrest, Ponce Davis and Southwest Ranches.
“It’s been a tough move to be honest because I am quite happy with Compass,” Nicolas said. He explained that Ryan Serhant, founder and CEO of Serhant, had been in discussions with him over the past three years.
Nicolas expressed enthusiasm about launching a nationwide luxury division at Serhant. “Him [Serhant] and I have been talking about how we can become the No. 1 team in Miami,” he said. “We both want to be No. 1 in all of Florida. That’s the plan.”
Among recent notable deals by Nicolas is brokering both sides of a $19.3 million penthouse sale at Grove at Grand Bay last year—a record for Coconut Grove condo transactions.
William Abreu, a member of Nicolas’ team and also a former professional baseball player, represented the buyer in a record-setting $25.5 million estate sale earlier this year in Davie; streamer Adin Ross purchased the property.
Nicolas noted that South Florida’s luxury home market remains steady with strong demand for turnkey properties and suggested that demand could rise if Zohran Mamdani becomes mayor of New York City.
“The homes sitting on the market need a lot of work or are teardowns. Your special homes in special neighborhoods are setting records,” he said. Recently, he represented the seller of a home at 7425 Southwest 56th Avenue in Miami that sold for $6.3 million—a record for High Pines.
According to Nicolas, Serhant plans to open offices in Coconut Grove, Coral Gables and Miami Beach as part of its expansion strategy in South Florida.
Serhant’s growth efforts have included bringing on Gary Pohrer—formerly part of Douglas Elliman’s Exclusive Group—to help lead its Palm Beach office this May. The firm entered South Florida with an office opening in Delray Beach last year and now counts about 260 agents statewide—including Tyler Cameron and founding agents Mariana Niro and Chris Prakas—with Yasser Ponce overseeing Miami expansion efforts.
Compass declined to comment on Nicolas’ departure.
