THE STORY
How Adler & Son was Born
Suzanne is an expert in New York City real estate, and has successfully helped many happy sellers, buyers, landlords and tenants find their homes. She has transacted in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx and Westchester. Suzanne dives in deep with her clients and thoughtfully comes up with a game plan that is efficient and creative, and delivers results. This is why her clients often refer her to everyone they know.
It all started a few years back when Suzanne—a hard-working, single mom from a family of renovators—and her young son were looking for a fixer-upper to buy. After an extensive search and many heartbreaks, they finally found their dream home in a landmarked building in Jackson Heights, and Suzanne negotiated the deal herself. Upon arriving, she undertook a major renovation of her apartment, and quickly joined the building’s board, single-handedly managing several major capital improvement projects, finishing all projects on budget and on time.
In the process, Suzanne reawakened a lifeling passion for real estate, inspired many Sunday afternoons spent as a child roaming the area with her parents, visiting open houses. She left behind a 16 year career as a French and English teacher in top private schools on the Upper East Side and joined a top-producing team at a legacy brokerage firm, and it was there that Suzanne learned the ropes. Now Suzanne is proud to be leading The ARC Residential Team, alongside her partner Jaylon Brigham, with the best of the best at Compass.
Long interested in social justice and equity issues, Suzanne was moved to act when as a new agent working in rentals, she witnessed firsthand the issues surrounding affordable housing and source of income discrimination in New York City. Suzanne supports Neighbors Together, an organization devoted to ending hunger and poverty in Brooklyn. You can read an article about how she got involved in this work here.
Most recently, Suzanne has been working on The Jackson Heights Mural Project, an initiative to bring uplifting art to the Roosevelt Avenue Corridor of Jackson Heights. A long-time fan of street art, she hopes this initiative will help bring hope and beauty to an area of the city which has long been neglected. The Project’s first mural is located on the corner of 84th and Roosevelt.
Adler & Son’s neighborhood designs are inspired by what Suzanne observes in her everyday travels around the city, interesting conversations she has with her neighbors, and the adventures she has with her clients during the home-buying process. Sometimes the designs are even inspired by her clients themselves.
