@properties lone star Christie’s International Real Estate is expanding into Fort Worth. The new office will be the brokerage’s third in the Metroplex.

Michael Hoover, former broker director for Monument Realty, will serve as regional vice president and handle brokerage operations for the new office, which is located at 3100 W. 7th St. in Fort Worth’s West Seventh Street District.

“Michael is a broker’s broker,” Jerry Mooty Jr., owner of @properties lone star, said in a press release. “He knows what it takes to sell just about any type of property in any market, he knows how to grow a brokerage business, and he knows the tools, training and support that agents need to be successful — and specifically to be successful in and around Fort Worth.”

The office will launch with a team of 20 agents, with plans to grow the office to 50 agents within 90 days. In addition to Fort Worth, the team will assist clients in the markets of Southlake, Northlake, Westlake and Lake Granbury. According to Hoover, the team of founding agents has an average transaction price of $800,000 and is “well-equipped” to handle the luxury market in the area.