The Premier Team

The Premier Team

The Premier Team at Compass

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About The Premier Team
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The Premier Team at Compass delivers superior service, absolute professionalism and complete dedication to their clients' goals. Led by respected experts Arline Tarte and Suzanne Bakst, this dynamic, full-service team offers more than 70 years of combined real estate experience and a shared belief in honesty, integrity and hard work. Team members pool their vast resources and shared wisdom to ensure each buyer and seller is beautifully served while doing everything they can to exceed their clients' unique goals. The result is a sterling reputation and impressive repeat and referral client base, including multiple generations of the same families.

To work with The Premier Team is to experience confident real estate leadership that is both warm and highly sophisticated. The group's steadfast, astute guidance adds an air of calm to even the most challenging transactions, and their straightforward approach leaves clients feeling secure, knowing they were advised wisely and appropriately in all matters. The Premier Team also provides an unrivaled network of resources — including attorneys, loan officers, architects, interior designers, tradespeople and more — to attend to every detail before, during and after the sale.

The Premier Team is proud to serve buyers and sellers at all price points throughout New York City, and Florida destinations, including Miami and Palm Beach.

Team Agents

The Premier Team’s Transactions

Past Sales
$19,000,000 | 993 5th Avenue, Fl 11 | Upper East Side

$19,000,000

5
Bedrooms
$17,850,000 | 400 W 12th St, Unit 11AB | West Village

$17,850,000

4
Bedrooms
4.5
Bathrooms

400 W 12th St, Unit 11AB

West Village

$16,500,000 | 400 West 12th Street, Unit 11AB | West Village

$16,500,000

4
Bedrooms
3,661
Square Feet

Listing Courtesy of Elliman

$11,000,000 | 50 Station Road | Water Mill

$11,000,000

50 Station Road

Water Mill

$9,250,000

2
Bedrooms
2,700
Square Feet
a front view of a house with fountain and garden

$8,451,750

4
Bedrooms
5,694
Square Feet
0.51
Acres
$8,000,000 | 980 5th Avenue, Unit 24B | Upper East Side

$8,000,000

4
Bedrooms
$7,975,000 | 11745 Bella Donna Court, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418

$7,975,000

4
Bedrooms
5,694
Square Feet
0.51
Acres

$7,950,000

4
Bedrooms

Listing Courtesy of Sothebys International Realty

$7,600,000

2
Bedrooms
3.5
Bathrooms

Listing Courtesy of Brown Harris Stevens

a living room with furniture and a large window

Listing Courtesy of Brown Harris Stevens Residential Sales LLC

$7,600,000 | 71 E 77th St, Unit PHN | Upper East Side

$7,600,000

3
Bedrooms
4.5
Bathrooms

71 E 77th St, Unit PHN

Upper East Side

a living room with furniture and a large window

Listing Courtesy of Brown Harris Stevens Residential Sales LLC

a living room with furniture or chandelier and a wooden floor

$6,075,000

4
Bedrooms
2,808
Square Feet

Listing Courtesy of Brown Harris Stevens Development Marketing LLC

Past Rentals

$18,500

4
Bedrooms
2,665
Square Feet

121 West 19th Street, Unit PHF

Chelsea

Listing Courtesy of Ostrov Realty Group Limited

$17,500 | 201 West 17th Street, Unit 8B | Chelsea

$17,500

3
Bedrooms
1,746
Square Feet
$17,000 | 315 A State Street | Boerum Hill

$17,000

4
Bedrooms
2,750
Square Feet
a view of a dining room with furniture window and wooden floor

$16,750

3
Bedrooms
a living room with furniture and a potted plant

$16,500

4
Bedrooms
2,750
Square Feet
a view of a a dining room with furniture window and wooden floor

$15,000

4
Bedrooms
2,750
Square Feet
0' x 90'
lot size
a view of a patio with couches and potted plants

$15,000

4
Bedrooms
2,750
Square Feet
a view of a dining room with furniture window and wooden floor

$15,000

4
Bedrooms
2,750
Square Feet
a living room with furniture and a window

$14,750

4
Bedrooms
2,300
Square Feet
a living room with furniture and a flat screen tv

$14,500

3
Bedrooms
1,825
Square Feet
$13,800 | 175 East 62nd Street, Unit 14A | Lenox Hill

$13,800

2
Bedrooms
2,000
Square Feet
a view of a dining room and livingroom with furniture wooden floor and a chandelier

$13,500

3
Bedrooms
1,934
Square Feet

Listing Courtesy of Corcoran Group

a living room with furniture and a potted plant

$13,250

3
Bedrooms
1,825
Square Feet
a dining room with furniture and window

$11,750

3
Bedrooms
1,903
Square Feet
19' x 68'
lot size
$11,400 | 152 East 74th Street, Unit 2 | Lenox Hill

$11,400

3
Bedrooms
1,940
Square Feet
19' x 68'
lot size
$11,000 | 50 Murray St, Unit 418 | TriBeCa

$11,000

3
Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms

50 Murray St, Unit 418

TriBeCa

$10,819

2
Bedrooms
2
Bathrooms
a living room with furniture a rug and a window

$10,500

2
Bedrooms
1,086
Square Feet