RECOGNIZED AS THE TOP-PRODUCING BROKER AT BHS IN 2008, Paula Del Nunzio has specialized in townhouses, penthouses and "townhouse equivalent" spaces for the past twenty years. A Senior Vice President and Managing Director of the firm, her encyclopedic knowledge of the townhouse market is a unique benefit to both buyers and sellers. Paula has sold 80 townhouses in her career and of the 8 largest residential townhouse sales in New York City, Paula represented the sellers of 6, including the record sale of The Harkness Mansion for $53 million.
With over $620 million just in her 40 townhouse sales since 2007, Paula has achieved an average of 97% of the listing price. Highlights of her sales include the following properties:
In 2008 and 2009, Paula was one of only two residential agents listed in the New York Observer's “Power 100” list of the 100 Most Powerful People in Real Estate. Frequently appearing on CNBC's Power Lunch, Paula has also appeared in the press on the subject of luxury real estate on the front page of The New York Times, New York Magazine, the New York Observer and in television segments for CNN, BBC World News, NBC, Fox, Fuji TV, and several Russian and Mid-East media outlets.
Her background is varied. Having graduated from Vassar College with a BA in Literature, she went on to study chemistry at Columbia University and then film production and finance at The New School for Social Research. She has been the Vice President of TV and Film Production at Wells, Rich, Greene Advertising in Los Angeles, and the Executive Producer at Ogilvy & Mather Advertising for the Mattel, Honda, Max Factor, Gallo and Proctor & Gamble accounts. In addition, she wrote and produced teasers and trailers for twenty-one Columbia Pictures feature films. Ms. Del Nunzio's fourteen-year career in advertising gave her the background to create proven, successful marketing campaigns for high-end properties.
Residing in Los Angeles for ten years, as well as in London and Hamburg, Ms. Del Nunzio has studied French, Spanish, German and Russian. She is a member of the New York Landmarks Conservancy, Vassar Club, American Irish Society and is on the Board of Trustees of The Kaufman Center. She is a preservationist, with a country home in Millbrook, and her interests include reading on historical subjects, chess, tennis and riding Polish Arabians.
