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Awe Real Estate
in Belgrade has partnered with PUREWEST CHRISTIE’S INTERNATIONAL REAL ESTATE BY SEAN BATURA Belgrade News
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he change means access to the resources of an international company and all the economies of scale that go along with it. It also amounts to a slight economic boost for downtown, as the former staff of four at 29 W. Main St. has been expanded by four or five more real estate agents. “It was a great opportunity to partner with Christie’s group and benefit from the resources and the branding that they have,” said Chris Awe, who moved Awe Real Estate there about five years ago. Awe went into the real estate business in 2006. He purchased the 1,800-square-foot building downtown in July. The building formerly housed the Belgrade News The downtown real estate office will now be known as PureWest Christie’s International Real Estate Belgrade. “Our real estate [business] certainly cast a pretty big loop across the state and did everything from residential to farm, ranch, and luxury property, but the impetus for aligning with PureWest
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From left, Chris Awe, Kelly Duncan, Lewis England, and Kelley Schlauch work out of the PureWest Christie’s International Real Estate office in Belgrade.