Louise C. Beit

Louise C. Beit

Senior Global Real Estate Advisor, Associate Broker

A Senior Global Real Estate Advisor and Associate Broker with Sotheby's International Realty, and one of Manhattan's most dynamic and successful brokers, Louise Beit was ranked in The Wall Street Journal as one of the top 50 brokers across the United States and in The Real Deal's top 26 Manhattan agents of 2012. Louise was also ranked among the top 10 brokers in the Sotheby's International Realty East Side Manhattan Brokerage and among the top 25 Sotheby's International Realty brokers nation-wide by sales volume in 2019.
Louise holds an impressive sales record, including the sale of two townhouses totaling over $44M within 10 days of each other, achieving the highest price-per-square foot record for one of the townhouses. Additional sales highlights include the sale of a Park Avenue penthouse for $21M; the sale of a townhouse for $32M to a celebrity, the highest sale price in Manhattan that year for a townhouse; and the sale of the Paul Mellon townhouse in 2015 for $37M, which was the highest sale price in Manhattan that year for a townhouse. In March 2019, Louise sold a prime Upper East Side townhouse in 37 days for $29.995M and in June 2019, Louise sold a 40'-wide townhouse, with a contract out in 26 days, for $25.5M. In September 2019, Louise closed on apartment 36B in the preeminent Robert A. M. Stern development, 220 Central Park South, for $21.5M.
Louise began her real estate career in 1991. She represents and sells premier properties, including ultra-luxury prewar cooperative apartments at 960 Fifth Avenue and 770 Park Avenue, luxury condominiums in buildings such as 988 Fifth Avenue and extraordinary townhouses, which she has hosted on WNBC, CNBC's High Net Worth, and NBC's Open House NYC. She has represented the buyer and seller for important apartments at the Pierre Hotel, prime investment properties including in Tribeca and the Upper East Side, and the rental of a 12,000-square-foot apartment with swimming pool at Olympic Tower. Her transactions and exclusive listings have been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, W Magazine, Vanity Fair, The New York Post, The New York Observer, New York Magazine, CBS Money Watch, US News & World Report, Access Hollywood, and Elle Canada.
One of the city's most outstanding negotiators, Louise is known for her expertise in preparing co-op board presentations and marketing her clients' properties. Her clients include affluent families worldwide, the financial community, corporations, and celebrities. Louise is known for her in-depth knowledge of the real estate market, her professionalism, and discretion. She is a member of the Real Estate Board of New York.
Louise is involved in a variety of charitable activities. Her many interests include architecture, music, film, theater, and literature. Louise's daughter is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard University School of Public Health.