Grand Lux Realty Affiliates with Homes for Heroes

SOMERS, N.Y. - Grand Lux Realty (GLR), one of Westchester’s County’s largest family-owned brokerages, has expanded into Somers, where it will also house its Homes for Heroes affiliate program. 

Homes for Heroes (GLRHeroes.com) is a nationwide program that gives back to community heroes, defined as the five service professions that serve our community – educators, healthcare/EMS, law enforcement, firefighters, military – and the administrative staff that support them. In 2022, Homes for Heroes paid nearly $18 million back to “community heroes” and a total of more than $100 million since its inception.

With the addition of the GLR Somers office, housed in a historic building at 361 Route 202, Grand Lux Realty has grown to seven locations, including Chappaqua, Ardsley and Mamaroneck in Westchester County; Fishkill in Dutchess County; Stony Point in Rockland County; and Goshen in Orange County.

Under the leadership of Principal Broker Michael Levy, Grand Lux Realty has grown to 228 agents. It is one of the top-producing brokerage firms in the lower Hudson Valley that is locally-owned and independent, unattached to a realtor franchise or national chain. GLR sold approximately 200 homes in 2022, for a total volume of nearly $100 million, a new high-water mark for the firm.

“Our rapid growth is built on entrepreneurial spirit,” Levy said. “The birth of our new GLR Somers office is testament to that non-corporate culture. “Two of our top agents, Jeffrey Kuduk and Joseph Stasko, decided to open a branch office in Somers in alignment with GLR.” 

Levy said he proposed to the pair a special offer: if the Somers office grows to a predetermined size and level of production, it would birth a new company, with Kuduk and Stasko becoming partners with Levy in that office. 

“This is a unique approach to real estate brokering that GLR offers our agents,” Levy said. “When we say we want to help our agents take their careers to the next level, it’s more than talk; we walk the walk.”

About Homes for Heroes

Home for Heroes, Inc. began in 2002 in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 World Trade Center attack. It pays eligible home buyers and sellers a “Hero Reward®” when they work with an authorized Home for Heroes realtor such as Grand Lux Realty (GLRHeroes.com). 

The savings are derived from a percent of the real estate broker’s commission, a portion of which the real estate agent donates to the Hero and a portion of which goes to the Homes for Heroes Foundation, which gives grants in one of three categories – housing crisis, disaster relief, assistance for the health or the family of a Hero.  

“It’s a small way to give back to the community,” said GLR Somers Principal Joseph Stasko. With his business partner Jeffrey Kuduk, they run the newly minted office in Somers, and with local GLR Realtor Patricia Ephram, the three oversee the Homes for Heroes (GLRHeroes.com) affiliation. The team has a history of community support and volunteerism and look forward to introducing themselves at future community events.

Grand Lux Realty Somers
361 Route 202, Somers
845-617-3010