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| J^Clf /far^J T-& / 0£ i By Henry Bury THE INTELLIGENCER f ~? £3 a; a; c/5 There is a new player in the real instate industry in the Quinte area. It is Coldwell Banker Ekort RealJty and, in its first two months of operation, has already grown to become the fourth largest real bstate firm with the Quinte and jDistrict Real Estate Board. I Jamie Troke is the broker/owner bf the new realty company that is headquartered in the former liquor store at 65 Station St. "We now have 26 agents and 10 ktaff in three different locations in Pelleville, Madoc and Tweed," he jsaid. "My goal is to establish offices in Picton and Trenton by the end of the year and add another 20 agents so that, in effect, we can serve the fentire Quinte area." * Troke has 15 years' experience in the local real estate industry. For the past decade, he has been specializing in industrial and commercial transactions such as the sale of the original Corby's Distillery site and Prince Edward Heights in Picton. He was working for Re/Max Empire Realty Ltd. when he decided to buy the Tweed and Madoc operations in mid-February from Jim and Dave Denison. The firm liad agents working in Belleville, Madoc, Tweed and Marmora markets. Subsequently, Troke purchased the Coldwell Banker residential and .commercial franchise rights for the ^Quinte Region and began his new ^company. "I have converted a majority of the former Re/Max Empire agents to Coldwell Banker and established this office on Station Street as the head office for operations," he said. Troke is leasing 2,000 square Ifeet of space in the Station Street building that was retroffited by i-M a 8 > O H T 3 fl o H C0 S O3 '+3 PH r . ·TH rH < O S jy ^ s »^ -S S 8 S fl ^ TD o c/3 T3 O» S LJ *'~* "3 .tj ^ <