John Kim, Barney Johnson

Re/Max Crossroads Realty won the award for Highest Net Growth for a Metro Office in Canada at the Re/Max International conference in Las Vegas recently.

Broker of record Barney Johnson says, “The organization cannot recall any of its over 7,000 franchises being awarded this honour in two consecutive years.”

Johnson and the brokerage received the honour for the rapid growth of its newly opened office in Markham, Ont. Last year the brokerage and managing partner Heidi Kostyra received the award for its office in Thornton, Ont. In 2006 it won the award for its Scarborough, Ontario office. The award is based on the highest net percentage of growth compared to the previous year for an individual Re/Max office in Canada.

Re/Max Crossroads Realty now has four offices. Johnson says he gives the credit for this year’s recognition to his Markham office’s managing partner, John Kim, and his idea of running a Boot Camp twice a year. “This is an original training program that John created. It involves several weeks of intensive training and lifestyle improvements. This is the main reason for this office being so successful so quickly. John is an incredible hard-working individual with over 20 years of real estate experience.”

The brokerage and Johnson will soon celebrate their 35th anniversary with Re/Max. Johnson is currently expanding the facilities and space at his north Toronto office on Yonge Street. He says, “Watch out, this could be our fourth Net Growth Award winner!”