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Sales and marketing executive Philip Gutman has joined Brown Harris Stevens as executive vice president and managing broker of the firm\u2019s\u00a0Miami Beach and Key Biscayne offices, Gutman told The Real Deal<\/em>.<\/p>\nGutman left\u00a0Douglas Elliman<\/a> Development Marketing earlier this month, where he was vice president. At BHS, he\u2019ll be tasked with overseeing the firm\u2019s expansion in South Florida and bringing on new developments.<\/p>\n BHS\u00a0entered the Miami market in June 2015 with the purchase of Mark Zilbert\u2019s Zilbert International Realty<\/a>, and then opened a second office in Miami Beach. The New York-based firm, which had a small presence in\u00a0Palm Beach since 1999, closed on the purchase<\/a> of\u00a0Vivian Dimond\u2019s Avatar Real Estate Services in January. The brokerage also just opened its Key Biscayne office at the Galleria, 328 Crandon Boulevard.<\/p>\n Gutman will be working with Zilbert, Dimond and BHS co-chairman\u00a0William Lie Zeckendorf to oversee South Florida. Zilbert will take on an advisory role at BHS, focusing on technology and sales programs for agents, staff and support for senior management, according to a press release.<\/p>\n Founded in 1873, Brown Harris Stevens has offices throughout New York City and the Hamptons in addition to South Florida. Firms like One Sotheby\u2019s<\/a> International Realty and\u00a0Elliman<\/a>\u00a0have also been expanding in the tri-county region by acquiring smaller firms.<\/p>\n Gutman\u00a0spoke with several firms over the past few months, but decided on BHS because of its connection to New York City and that it is \u201cpositioned properly to help grow and expand in the next cycle.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re very strong with new development in New York, and now in South Florida, I\u2019ll be putting infrastructure in place for new development in Miami,\u201d Gutman said, adding that he\u2019ll be focusing on targeting a handful of projects. He said the firm would like to pick up a few projects that\u00a0want a change but never had the option to go to Brown Harris Stevens.<\/p>\n Over the past three-and-a-half years, Gutman led Elliman Florida\u2019s portfolio of more than $3 billion of new development, which included 1 Hotel & Homes South Beach, the Ritz-Carlton Residences, Miami Beach and Monad Terrace.<\/p>\n For now, he will focus on adding agents, acquiring firms and bringing on sales and marketing exclusives. \u201cI\u00a0think the summer needs to come and go, and by the fourth quarter of this year, you\u2019ll start to hear about some new projects coming to market,\u201d Gutman said.<\/p>\n