The Keyes Company Expands Boca Raton Office with Addition of Mizner Grande Realty

this project is to expose these young readers to books so they can increase their vocabulary, knowledge, imagination, and comprehension ability.

The rest of the Finalists include: dustry. We knew that this was the right fit, culture and partner that we have been looking for.”

· Endgame Education: Maya Behura (10th Boynton Beach) from American Heritage School (Palm Beach County Campus): Endgame Education is a chess centered organization that provides young people with exposure to the game, as well as tutoring for those looking to compete by hosting in person and virtual events. The goal of the organization is to expand the minds of youth through the problem solving and critical thinking that is needed to excel at the incredible game of chess.

· Hooks with Heart: Gamanuel Saint Fleur (11th Delray Beach), Anna Johnson (10th Delray Beach), Senai Newby (10th Lake Worth), and Donna Cornish (11th Delray Beach) from Atlantic Community High School: Hooks with Heart is a crocheting club with the mission of teaching the art of crochet while providing a safe space to encourage human connection, promote animal welfare, and mental health improvement of youth and adults.

· Down to Earth: Daisy Li (11th Jupiter) from Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts: Down to Earth seeks to educate fourth and fifth grade students in Palm Beach County public and charter schools about climate change, and mobilize them and their families to practice sustainability through the perspective-shifting opportunity to view Science on a Sphere, a six-foot diameter NOAA globe projection screen that visualizes Earth systems in three dimensions.

The Keyes Company, Florida’s largest independent brokerage, made a substantial addition to its Boca Raton office with Mizner Grande Realty joining the firm. Led by Broker-Owner Ari Albinder, Mizner Grande has more than 60 agents and generated over $150 million in sales volume in 2022.

Founded in 2001, Mizner Grande specializes in luxury residential real estate, with a focus on beachfront properties in its home base of Boca Raton and surrounding high-end areas. Its reach expands to Miami-Dade and Broward counties. The firm’s lifetime sales exceed $2.7 billion.

Mizner Grande will merge into Keyes’ Boca Raton office located at 21065 Powerline Road, Suite C-7.

Albinder has known Joanie Richardson, Keyes’ Boca Raton District Sales Manager, for many years. That relationship, and recent conversations with Keyes CEO Mike Pappas and Senior Vice President Steven Reibel, confirmed Albinder’s belief that Keyes would be the ideal longterm partner for Mizner Grande.

The Mizner Grande addition comes shortly after Keyes commenced its fourth generation of leadership as it nears a century of operation at the forefront of the real estate industry. Last month, Christina Pappas was promoted to President of Keyes. Mike Pappas remains CEO and is focused on the continued statewide expansion of the firm in a time of substantial brokerage industry consolidation.

In 2022, Keyes completed multiple acquisitions of boutique brokerages including Miramar-based Novus Realty and Coral Springs-based Skye Louis Realty. Those moves added more than 170 agents and $240 million in annual volume to the firm’s output in Broward and Palm Beach counties.

“After three years of virtual events, I am thrilled to be holding our 8th Annual Finals Event LIVE in front of a full audience at the Kravis Center!” says Evan Deoul, Philanthropy Tank Founder and Board of Directors President. “I can’t wait to celebrate our past and future CHANGEmakers and hear about their inspiring programs.”

This year’s Philanthropist Investors are Don Byrd, Executive Vice President, TBC Corporation, who will be representing the Honda Classic, Debra Elmore, Founder of A.K. Consulting, Chadi Irani, Regional Vice President of Advertising at LocaliQ, who will be representing the Palm Beach Post, and Tom Vining, a former senior executive with Otis Elevator. WPBF 25 First Warning Meteorologist Glenn Glazer will serve as Master of Ceremonies for the Finals Event.

Two Olympic Heights Community High School Sophomores are among 10 students chosen as Finalists:

· Hearing for a Change: Jacob Carrion (10th Boca Raton), and Erica Frishberg (10th Boynton Beach) from Olympic Heights Community High School: Hearing for a Change is an initiative compromised of compassionate high school students who have created book clubs weekly to listen and discuss audiobooks with struggling readers at PBCSD elementary schools for 45 minutes a week during aftercare. The goal of

· TaTa for Now: Jessie Baxter (10th Jupiter), and Holly Milsom (10th Jupiter) from Jupiter High School: TaTa for Now focuses on providing quality and well fitted undergarments to school aged girls in Palm Beach County who are clothing insecure. This goal of this initiative is to boost the self-esteem of young women by providing for a very basic need that is often overlooked.

Tickets for the event will be available for purchase on Philanthropy Tank’s website: www.philanthropytank.org. It will be the first time since 2019 that the students will be live on stage in front a full audience. Philanthropy Tank Finals Event sponsors include Bank of America, Bernstein Private Wealth Management, Florida Power and Light, HBK CPA and Consultants, The Honda Classic –Honda Classic Cares, and The Palm Beach Post, and Quantum Foundation.

This is Philanthropy Tank’s 8th year operating this unique program in Palm Beach County. The locally grown success has resulted into expansion for the nonprofit into Baltimore, Maryland, now in its third year. Philanthropy Tank plans on continuing expansion to Chicago in the near future.

To date, Philanthropy Tank student-led programs in Palm Beach County and Baltimore have impacted more than 300,000 lives; more than 1000 students have participated in the student programs; and more than $700,000 in grant money has been awarded to nearly 70 student-led projects.

“I have been approached by many different real estate companies over the last few years,” Albinder said. “The local and global network of Keyes is unsurpassed, and its technology is the newest and finest in the real estate in -

“Mizner Grande is a tremendous firm and shares many qualities with the firms we added in 2022 and previous years,” Reibel said. “We are proud that our core values emphasizing customer service, integrity, family and philanthropy shine through when speaking with the owners of boutique firms that are frequently courted by our competitors. We remain in active discussions with potential strategic partners in South Florida and throughout the state.”

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