Special to Realty/Builder Connection
Manormor Sotheby's International Realty has started a new division and has brought in two familiar faces.
Manormor, the Northeast Florida franchise of Sotheby's International Realty, has started The M Group, a new homes and land division that will specialize in sales and marketing of upper-tier neighborhoods and multi-family communities in Northeast Florida.
The group is headed by Michael Bugg, formerly of Lifestyles Realtors in Jacksonville and Atlanta's Fine Homes Sotheby's International Realty in Atlanta, and Christopher Jones, formerly of the Renaissance Group in Jacksonville
Bugg, who recently returned to Northeast Florida, has more than 20 years of experience in the real estate industry in Atlanta and Jacksonville.
In 1993, he founded The Condo Store (TCS) in Atlanta, which was the first of its kind specializing in resale as well as new home sales.
In 2001, Bugg opened Lifestyles Realtors in Jacksonville.
Bugg was recruited by Atlanta's Fine Homes Sotheby's International Realty in 2008 to begin a New Homes Division in Atlanta and by 2010, his team had a half billion dollars in listings representing such prestigious communities as The Residences at The St. Regis and The Mandarin Oriental.
Jones, a Jacksonville native, has more than 10 years of commercial and residential real estate experience as a partner in his family owned and operated real estate development and construction firm, the Renaissance Group.
He is an active member of the Urban Land Institute, International Council of Shopping Centers, Northeast Florida Association of Realtors, and is an alumni of Leadership Jacksonville.
Bugg and Jones are based at the company's office San Jose Boulevard office in Jacksonville.