{"id":315022,"date":"2026-08-06T07:32:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T07:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/315022\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T07:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T07:32:16","slug":"owning-manhattans-jess-taylor-leaves-serhant-joins-elliman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/315022\/","title":{"rendered":"Owning Manhattan\u2019s Jess Taylor Leaves Serhant, Joins Elliman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jessica Taylor of \u201cOwning Manhattan\u201d fame left Serhant and joined Douglas Elliman, making the drive down to South Florida from New York this past weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Taylor, known for her role on the Netflix show that follows brokerage founder Ryan Serhant, left his firm and moved to Palm Beach. On Instagram, where she has nearly 40,000 followers, she said there is \u201cno bad blood whatsoever\u201d between her and her former firm, praising her time with Serhant. She told The Real Deal she expected to spend her entire career at Serhant. Taylor joined <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/new-york\/2024\/07\/24\/owning-manhattan-agent-joins-serhants-kantha-team\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ravi Kantha\u2019s team<\/a> in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had a great time. I\u2019ve been there for five years. When I joined, I was agent No. 20. We were working in a tiny townhouse in Tribeca. Now we have over 1,000 agents in New York alone, and I think we\u2019re in like <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/san-francisco\/2026\/04\/14\/ryan-serhant-expands-brokerage-to-california-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">12 to 15 states<\/a>,\u201d she said on Instagram.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Ryan Serhant wished her well, and said he looks forward to \u201cmany deals together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last year, she was involved in deals totaling more than $100 million in closed dollar volume; her career sales total over $500 million, according to Elliman. She specializes in luxury sales and new developments and is licensed in Florida and New York. <\/p>\n<p>The move was prompted by the opportunity to work on the sales team for Banyan Tree Residences West Palm Beach. Camilo Miguel Jr.\u2019s Mast Capital and Curated JCZM Development <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/miami\/2026\/03\/24\/banyan-tree-plants-u-s-flag-with-west-palm-beach-condos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">launched the project<\/a> earlier this year, which will mark the brand\u2019s first development in the U.S.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Taylor had been looking to move to Florida and met with a number of developers. The <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/miami\/2025\/09\/04\/here-is-west-palm-beachs-condo-pipeline\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">market is \u201cbooming<\/a> and it is great to be in the heart of it,\u201d she said. \u201cI knew I wanted to be in West Palm Beach and this was the best project.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Banyan Tree is a subsidiary of the Singapore-based hospitality giant Banyan Group, which has a portfolio of luxury hotels and residential communities primarily in Asia and the Middle East.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The change in her license marks a return to Elliman for Taylor, who worked on the Eklund-Gomes team between 2015 and 2016. From there, she jumped to the Corcoran Group before joining Serhant in 2021. Before real estate, Taylor worked for UBS as a recruiter.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor plans to tap into her client base and social media reach to secure deals at Banyan Tree.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the show I have an amazing international exposure,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd Banyan Tree is very well-known across Asia and Europe.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\tRead more<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"BlogrollPost\" href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/miami\/2026\/03\/24\/banyan-tree-plants-u-s-flag-with-west-palm-beach-condos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mast-Curated-JCZM-launch-Banyan-Tree-branded-West-Palm-Beach-condos-200x133.jpg\" class=\"FeaturedImage_image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Mast Capital's Camilo Miguel Jr. and Renderings of the Banyan Tree project in West Palm Beach\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tResidential\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSouth Florida\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Branded condo trend grows with Banyan Tree project in West Palm Beach<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"BlogrollPost\" href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/miami\/2025\/12\/08\/serhant-replaces-douglas-elliman-opus-coconut-grove-sales\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MIA-Serhant-in-Elliman-out-at-Metas-Coconut-Grove-condo-project-MAIN-200x125.jpg\" class=\"FeaturedImage_image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Serhant's Angel Nicolas and Ryan Serhant with Meta Development CEO Andrew Rasken and a rendering of Opus Coconut Grove\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tResidential\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSouth Florida\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Serhant in, Elliman out at Meta Development&#8217;s Coconut Grove condo project<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jessica Taylor of \u201cOwning Manhattan\u201d fame left Serhant and joined Douglas Elliman, making the drive down to South&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[118874,75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-315022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-jess-taylor-owning-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}