Michael Bethoney Esq.
Senior Vice President, Managing Director of New Development
Co-Founder, Bethoney Shen Team
Ranked #2 Mega Team in New York State (Real Trends), ranked 2020-2023
Michael is a Senior Vice President and Managing Director of New Development at Nest Seekers International. With a background in law, with a focus on Intellectual Property transactional law, Michael brings a keen eye for branding concepts, deep understanding of market positioning, and a passion for sales strategies. Carefully analyzing market conditions, the competitive landscape, and unique value proposition of every new development project, Michael curates an individualized strategy for every project's marketing and sales/leasing plan to propel projects forward to great success and top ranking.
Work ethic, attention to detail, and an obsession with deep analytics and outperforming the market competition, Michael has been growing his projects’ success year by year, aiming to serve his clients. His proudest professional accomplishment is the significant repeat business Michael and the Bespoke team have, working with many clients on multiple new developments and/or multiple real estate sales or purchase.
Michael is a Co-Founder and Co-Leader of the Bethoney Shen Team at Nest Seekers, a team of over 30 agents, nearly 40 real estate professionals including creative, design, operations, social media, and administrative support. Michael has overseen the branding, marketing, and sales/leasing of nearly $6B in new development inventory with several billion more actively in the pipeline. Michael's portfolio under management spans throughout New York City, New Jersey, Los Angeles, Texas, Europe and beyond.
Notable projects in the portfolio include:
Greene 45-30 Pearson St (#2 selling building in NYC 2023)
Skyline Tower 3 Court Square (#1 selling building in NYC in 2021 & 2022; 67 stories, 802 condo units)
99 Hudson (Tallest residential tower in the history of New Jersey, 79 stories, 781 condo units)
Perla on Broadway (Tallest residential tower in Downtown Los Angeles Historic Core; 450 condo units)
Neighborly (#1 selling building in NYC 2020)
567 Ocean (#1 selling building in Brooklyn 2021)
184 Kent Avenue (Top-3 selling building in Brooklyn, 2018-2019; 335 condo units)