“Proudly owning Manhattan” star Jordan March has lifted the lid on his tense on-screen showdown with boss Ryan Serhant in Season 2 of the hit actual property actuality collection, as he reveals the destiny of his profession on the celebrity-run actual property company.
A 16-year real-estate veteran, March has performed an integral half in Serhant’s success since the true property mogul opened his eponymous brokerage in 2020, serving to him to form the corporate into the shiny, camera-ready powerhouse followers see right this moment.
However, within the second season of “Proudly owning Manhattan,” which hit Netflix Dec. 5, viewers watched tensions boil over between the longtime friends when March confronted Serhant about being repeatedly ignored for main new developments, frustrations heightened by the arrival of newcomer Peter Zaitzeff, who rapidly started touchdown the initiatives March felt he’d earned.
On the finish of the season, viewers had been shocked to see Serhant confront March about his position within the brokerage, going so far as to present him an ultimatum: keep loyal to the crew—or stroll away from the corporate altogether.
Whereas chatting with Realtor.com®, March mirrored on the early days of his position on the firm, which he says was managed like a “family-run startup” on the time.
“So once I first began at Serhant, we had been in a smaller place in Tribeca, in somewhat townhouse, so it was a number of us on high of one another, after which we acquired into the larger house, and he is grown so much since then,” he defined.
“Now they’re in 15 or 16 states, he is out of city half of the week, and we’ll be within the high 10 corporations on the finish of the 12 months.”
Though he’s been with the corporate since day one, March’s frustrations floor instantly within the Season 2 premiere when Zaitzeff is tapped as gross sales director for 200 Amsterdam Ave., a luxurious rental constructing on the Higher West Facet, prompting March to blurt out, “This man? You’ve got to be kidding me.”
Talking about his feelings in that second, March stated, “I’ve labored with Ryan on a wide range of initiatives, and we had conversations about doubtlessly being on 200 Amsterdam, as a result of I offered a couple of penthouses close by within the Higher West. I’ve an enormous buck of enterprise on the Higher West, I’ve a number of patrons up there.
“It simply appeared prefer it was a logical transfer, and it was sort of like an ‘I owe you.’ The man was model new, plus we have now, outdoors of myself, we have now very succesful personnel right here. Why not use somebody that’s right here and is definitely contributing to the tradition and including worth, cash, and every part else.”
What’s extra, March says the suggestions he was given—to place in additional effort in an effort to show himself worthy of the largest listings—did not really feel honest or warranted.
“I am right here serving to construct this firm out, and people developments are actually how I advance my profession for the contribution to the expansion that I’ve contributed to,” he defined. “After I helped Ryan construct his firm, that was all hustle. After I acquired by the pandemic, that was all hustle.
“So to say to work tougher, and that is how we’re gonna rank up the charts once I’m really already on the high just isn’t actually addressing the true, frank dialog that must be had about how I get to that subsequent stage in my profession.”
Nevertheless, March’s arduous work ended up paying off later within the season when he landed 1 Park Row, one other luxurious growth situated in Seaport.
That second, he says, was “a second that I finished enjoying catch-up and began enjoying to win. I feel it is a second that everyone will bear in mind in that storyline. Success is the sweetest revenge.”
Nevertheless, his celebrations had been short-lived as he and Serhant as soon as once more entered a heated debate after March took a gathering with a distinct dealer.
“In the end, there is not any excellent relationship between a boss and his employees. For me, working with Ryan is a method for me to nonetheless leverage my profession however, I put so much into this. I am not able to stroll away from what I am seeing and, in the end, what I can leverage in Ryan,” he admitted.
“I am not gonna let essentially folks push me out. I am gonna go alone phrases, I am gonna go alone timing, and I feel it is essential that I management my narrative.”
Though he’s “planted” at Serhant “proper now,” March admitted that he would contemplate strolling away from the powerhouse brokerage.
“That is to not say that every one gives are off the desk both,” he famous, including that he would contemplate leaving Serhant for the “excellent provide.”
On the finish of the season, viewers see March stroll away from the tense showdown between him and Serhant, noting that though they’re “pleasant” now and can at all times be “brothers,” they might want to have a dialog concerning the occasions that unfolded within the close to future.
“Proudly owning Manhattan” Season 2 is now obtainable to stream on Netflix.
