The History of the Landis Company

Established in 1998 by James ‘Sandy’ Sofroney, The Landis Company was built on a foundation of multi-generational, comprehensive knowledge of the real estate market at the South Jersey Shore. A lifelong resident of Sea Isle City, James Sofroney’s family began in the real estate business in the early 1900’s at the center of town in a family owned property at 42nd Street where they owned and operated Sofroney Real Estate. Due to a rapid growth in business, Jim later re-opened his real estate business (now The Landis Company) at a much larger location in the desirable south end of Sea Isle City at the corner of 60th Street and Landis Avenue. This convenient and expansive location became the perfect setup for The Landis Company’s unique drive-thru ‘EXPRESS CHECK-IN’ to better serve the thousands of Landis summer tenants. To this day each Saturday from June thru September, tenants pull into the Landis Co.’s parking lot beginning approximately 30 minutes before check-in, where a friendly Landis agent greets each tenant and brings rental info and property keys right to the clients car, so the client can be on their way as soon as possible.

As the largest rental office in Sea Isle since opening its doors in 1998, The Landis Company has also become one of the leaders in real estate sales and new construction with a staff of 12 full-time licensed real estate agents many of whom are Sea Isle home owners and residents.

Since 2014 when new owners Jim Ginn and Lisa Haas took over day to day operations, The Landis Co. has become a leader in Internet Marketing of shore real estate, by partnering with the largest Internet real estate network in South Jersey: AtTheShore.com., marketing Landis Co. sale and rental listings under great domains such as SICNJ.com and SeaIsleCity.com, this network offers detailed real estate info and local content such as tax records, live web cams, local business and event info and more, handling over 3,000 different visitors per day.

The Landis Co. has and always will be rooted in tradition spanning 3 generations of family in the real estate business, while keeping its finger on the pulse of technology and the future of the ever changing real estate market at the South Jersey Shore.