Associates
Anthony Stancato, Broker, is a life-long resident of West Chester and has been involved in real estate sales since 1976. At 21, Tony became the youngest licensed real estate broker in PA and began work on his first housing development. In 1982, he opened a Prudential Real Estate brokerage in Marshalton, and formed First Mortgage Brokers and Hunt Country Abstract. Partnering with Art Marcellus, Tony began to develop infill lots throughout the area, building small single family homes and twins to provide more affordable housing. Tony also started a marketing campaign on WCOJ, local cable access channel 7, with a program that ran each evening at 6:30PM, titled "The Prudential Stancato Gallery of Homes." In the early 1990s, Tony added an additional Prudential office in West Chester. Soon thereafter, he formed a new partnership with Victor Abdala. Together, they focused on larger projects, developing over 500 home sites in the West Chester area. In 1998, when all four corners of West Chester's main intersection of Gay and High Street were vacant, Tony and Vic took a chance and bought the former Woolworth building. They brought in anchor tenant Iron Hill Brewery, and soon added Brew Ha Ha! and several other commercial tenants to the streetscape. In an effort to keep the momentum going on the downtown revitalization, Tony and his partner next acquired the Green Tree Building across the street in 2001. Over the next two years, they poured over one million dollars into the property, creating an upscale residential 64 unit apartment community from the former run-down tenement house. Tony's latest venture is opening Stancato & Swayne, LLC, with Ash Swayne.
Ash Swayne, Partner, has been investing in real estate for the last 17 years and a licensed agent since 2002. He specializes in commercial, investment, and residential sales, and heads a property management firm for 30 units in Chester County. Ash consults regularly with several investor clients on real estate ventures. In the 1990s he founded and managed his own Internet company for five years, then sold it and used the proceeds to invest more heavily in real estate. He has a B.S. in Business Management from West Chester University and a Masters of Information Science from Penn State University. Contact Ash at ash@stancatoswayne.com.
Rebecca Swayne, Agent, has been a licensed agent since 2005 and specializes in working with first-time home buyers, leading them through the process and finding a home that will meet their ownership goals. She is also the Operations Manager for the property management firm, overseeing the accounting and administrative functions. Rebecca was a Corporate Trainer in the banking industry before turning to real estate sales. She graduated from Virginia Tech with a B.A. in English, and a Masters of Business Administration. Contact Rebecca at becca@stancatoswayne.com.
Brad Liermann, Agent, is a recent Ardmore transplant from the Pittsburgh area. He comes to Stancato & Swayne Commercial Real Estate after graduating from Grove City College in 2009. After spending some time in the residential real estate market while working on a start-up project, Brad has moved to commercial real estate on a full time basis. Brad specializes in multi-unit rental properties, distressed properties and the leasing of office/retail space. Contact Brad at brad@stancatoswayne.com.
