A real estate industry powerhouse with well over $1.4 billion in sales, Cathy Franklin is a Director of Brown Harris Stevens, New York City's premier luxury residential brokerage. She consistently achieves annual sales in excess of $125 million, and was recently honored with three of the firm's most prestigious awards in 2007 including Broker of the Year Upper East Side, Biggest Cooperative Deal of the Year and Biggest Condominium Deal of the Year. Cathy's thriving business is forged almost exclusively on a referral basis, and is comprised of a network of national and international clientele. Her professionalism, absolute discretion and commitment to excellence are highly valued by her clients, who include top Fortune 500 c-suite executives, politicians, high net worth investors, and professionals from the financial services sector. Widely known for her marketing prowess, she specializes in the sale of luxury cooperatives, condominiums and townhouse mansions. One of Manhattan's most successful and experienced brokers, Cathy has been broadly acknowledged as an industry expert by The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Architectural Digest and Gotham Magazine. Since joining Brown Harris Stevens in 1987, Cathy has been honored repeatedly and consistently ranks among the top ten in the firm. Cathy was the Upper East Side Broker of the Year for 2007 and also had the highest resale of both a cooperative and condominium for the entire company in 2007. She has also received industry accolades for successfully negotiating and completing complicated deals, including the sale of the most expensive New York City townhouse in 2004. A 1984 magna cum laude graduate of Wellesley College with a degree in art history and political science, Cathy and her husband Jeffrey Baker an Executive Managing Director and Board Member of Savills LLC reside in a land marked 19th century Carnegie Hill townhouse with their three sons, 16-year-old Otto who attends The Hotchkiss School and 13-year-old twins Alex and William who attend The Trinity School. They spend weekends at their farm in the Hudson Valley.
