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managing partners Maximilian de Melo and Patrick Niederdrenk
A Jewel in the Desert America One Real Estate and MP Design & Development Bring White Glove Approach to Valley Real Estate written by Nick Esquer While practically every industry has undergone massive change at the hands of technology in the last 30 years, the real estate industry might be the most evolved. In reality, how people buy and sell their properties has been pushed through a thin metallic funnel of streamlined services, app-happy development, and algorithm-based solutions. From Zillow to Trulia, Airbnb to working from home, the real estate industry goes the way society goes. So, in an industry that’s already challenging, ongoing evolution might eat some more regional real estate companies alive, and understandably so. However, one local real estate agency has been able to lean more heavily on one-to-one, person-to-person relationships with clients, making technology a component, not a main focal point. Founded in 1988 and now headed up by German-born duo and managing partners Patrick Niederdrenk and Maximilian de Melo, America One serves the luxury home community in Scottsdale, the Biltmore, Arcadia, the Camelback Mountain area, and Paradise Valley, where the team is currently over-
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seeing a new development, Crown Canyon. A 12-lot community surrounded by the Phoenix Mountain Preserve, Crown Canyon features homes accented by an active blend of modern amenities, sleek layouts, and natural desert beauty. The project is just one example of how America One and the pair’s own MP Design & Development are meeting the demands of the modern and sophisticated homebuyer in the luxury home market. “I think what we do differently is that we’re boutique, it’s the nature of our set up. It’s a very white glove exclusive service we provide to our clients. We have development in house. Anything you can think of, like the plumber or cleaning, we have it. We have so much access to reliable vendor partners,” notes de Melo. Together, under their leadership, the pair has taken America One from $4 million in annual sales to more than $100 million in a challenging market that’s only becoming more flooded with more agents and opportunists.
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