#11 Individual Sales Agent at Douglas Elliman 2021
*Top 20 Manhattan Individual Agent 2019
#1 Individual Sales Agent at Douglas Elliman, January 2018
Lila Nejad is determined and passionate to find you the best deal for one of the most important acquisitions of your lifetime. Lila has continuously been #1 for several quarters at the the firm as individual agent and in the top 20 in yearly rankings. Most of her work entails a majority of new development, notably a penthouse sale at Herzog de Meuron's 56 Leonard Street and the townhouse sale which was filmed for the highly acclaimed HBO show, "Succession" at 357 West 17th Street. Lila has lived across the many great neighborhoods of Manhattan for over a decade, from the Upper West and Upper East side, to the West Village and now Chelsea. This ample knowledge of the city's landscape has afforded her clients excellent care and education of the vast diversity of this great city.
Lila also successfully works in the dynamic Brooklyn market, finding beautiful homes and working with sellers across this vibrant borough. She also works closely with agents across the country and internationally with our partner firm Knight Frank. From London, Rome, Singapore, the UAE and much more, her estate teams abroad are ready to guide both sellers and buyers for the smoothest transactions.
Before her career in real estate, Lila was a television and documentary producer for over 10 years in both Los Angeles and New York for CBS News Productions, History Channel, Sundance Channel, Biography, National Geographic, E!Entertainment and the Style Networks. Most recently, she combined her passion for real estate and production by creating and co-developing the television show, “Kitchen Cousins” for the DIY and the HGTV Network. Frequently featured in the NY Times, NY Post, The Real Deal, Daily Mail, Wall Street Journal and Mansion Global.
As an active member of Habitat for Humanity Global Village Program as well as local charities in Manhattan, Lila gives a percentage of each transaction to various worthy causes.
Lila is bilingual, English and Farsi.