Martin DuPain is a New York City real estate team leader, entrepreneur, working artist, and former fashion model whose career spans brokerage, global consulting, technology, and the visual arts. Before advising clients on complex residential and commercial deals at Highline Residential, Martin served as CTO and partner of a Manhattan real estate brokerage, which was later sold, and owned and operated an international project development and strategy consultancy, giving him a boardroom-level understanding of finance, risk, and cross-border investment that now informs every negotiation. That analytical backbone is complemented by his years as a model for GQ, Esquire, and major catalogs, where he developed the editorial eye he now brings to bespoke staging, branding, and content around each property.
As a commissioned artist who has sold paintings and exhibited in Soho, Martin treats every listing and personal interaction as a canvas, balancing composition, light, and narrative so that homes and commercial spaces can be imagined through the eyes of the people or businesses who will occupy them in the near future. Recognized in the New York Times and other outlets for standout deals, he combines this creative sensibility with technology and deep market knowledge across Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. He is the co-founder and creative director of Love + Wonder, a people-forward interior design studio focused on bringing love and wonder back into the way people live, work, and gather. Across his ventures, he brings a psychological, tech-forward, AI-informed approach to strategy, marketing, CRM systems, and data analysis to give his clients a measurable edge in a fast-moving market.
When he is not making deals, Martin enjoys spending time with his wife and two children, reading, listening to music, researching and experimenting with AI, and engaging in a range of constructive, creative pursuits. From first-time buyers to institutional investors to brands looking to open brick-and-mortar locations, Martin's throughline is consistent: use design, technology, and strategy to build beautiful, high-performing assets and relationships that compound in value over time.
— Martin DuPain, Your NYC Polymath
