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Dougall Fraser, the Garden City real estate company seen above with the tidy Web site marketing houses in southwest Nassau County, has joined forces with Daniel Gale Southeby’s International Realty.

The partnership, announced Wednesday by Daniel Gale chief executive Patricia Petersen, took effect nearly a week ago.

In a prepared statement, Petersen called Garden City and its surrounds the “crown jewel in Long Island’s real estate market.” Dougall Fraser, of 102 Seventh St., markets single-family homes, condominiums and cooperatives in Garden City, Rockville Centre, Floral Park, Franklin Square, Mineola, Stewart Manor and West Hempstead.

Dougall Fraser himself is now senior vice president and sales manager in the Garden City office of Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International, Dougall Fraser.

Fraser brings to the partnership about 40 years of real estate experience in southwest Nassau and the North Fork, where his family has summered for about 50 years. Customers and clients, the Daniel Gale Sotheby’s release says, will continue to work with the same agents, but will benefit from Daniel Gale Sotheby's marketing programs, expertise, agent training programs, and global reach.

The company expects no job loss among about 20 Fraser Dougall employees or among about 650 staff members in the Daniel Gale Sotheby’s Long Island offices.

Acquiring in a down market is a tactic Daniel Gale has used in the past. In 1993, it purchased small local realties, establishing footholds in northwestern Nassau, including Greenvale, Sea Cliff, Glen Cove, Port Washington and Manhasset. It also acquired Deirdre O’Connell Real Estate in March 2007, adding offices in Manhasset and Cutchogue. O’Connell became a vice president.

In late September, Daniel Gale Sotheby’s acquired the Setauket office of real estate broker Anthony Vitale. He became a senior vice president of acquisitions and expansion and will manage the Setauket office.

A Daniel Gale Sotheby’s statement says Vitale has more than 20 years as a top producer in the real estate business, including ownership in Setauket Harbor Realty, and extensive sales management experience. Well known in the Setauket community, he is on the board of the Athletic Director Advisory Council at the Stony Brook University and serves on the board of directors of the Setauket Yacht Club. He settled in the Three Village area in 1984, and has two grown daughters who attended school in the Three Village School District and at the private Knox School in Nissequogue.