Bahar Tavakolian
Principal, The BAHAR Team - Compass
Elevated Real Estate Intelligence

Bahar Tavakolian is where intellect meets instinct—and strategy meets style. A Cornell-trained engineering Ph.D. with a background in aerospace, biotech, and academia, Bahar brings a rare analytical edge to the world of luxury residential real estate. As the founder of The BAHAR Team at COMPASS, she has spent nearly two decades advising high-net-worth buyers and sellers across Manhattan’s most coveted neighborhoods—from the storied co-ops of the Upper East Side to the design-forward lofts of Tribeca and the historic brownstones of Brooklyn Heights.

With over $900 million in closed sales, Bahar is known for delivering sharp market insight, discretion, and a calm, strategic approach. She has set sales records from Carnegie Hill to SoHo and has been consistently ranked among the top brokers in the country (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017). Her long-standing client relationships are her proudest achievement—built on trust, clarity, and results.

Fluent in Persian and conversant in French, Bahar lives on the Gold Coast of the Upper East Side—one of the city’s most historic and sought-after neighborhoods.

Her insights have been featured in The New York Times, Bloomberg, and The International Herald Tribune, and she is respected for combining analytical rigor with warmth, intuition, and taste. She is the co-author of Persian Feasts, a contemporary Persian cookbook published by Phaidon, and writes a weekly newsletter—Bahar's Best in Class Edge: Real Estate, NYC & Beyond—where she explores market trends, architecture, and economic forces shaping New York and beyond.