Mr. Chan went to Honolulu Hawaii in 1971 in his early teens as a full-scholarship student from Hong Kong to pursue college studies in Hotel & Hospitality Management.  After he received his diploma and worked up as the Front Desk Assistant Manager position at the Ambassador Hotel in a short time, he enrolled to the University of Hawaii to better himself in the field of Accounting and Business Management.  Shortly afterwards, Mr. Chan was recruited by Delta Airlines (then Western Airlines). Based in San Francisco he started his airlines career in reservation and sale while pursuing higher education.  He finished his undergraduate works in Human Relations and Behavioral Science in U.S.F. (University of San Francisco) while working for the airlines and further received his Master of Business Administration in International Business Management with emphasis in Real Estate Investment from Golden Gate University of San Francisco.

Powered by his dream to succeed and ambition in the business world, he moved to New York after receiving his MBA. After he resigned from his airlines supervisor career, he began his journey in the real estate brokerage industry in 1986 and became the top producer of the then Merrill Lynch Realty (which later merged with Prudential Realty) and was recruited by Sutton & Edwards, a commercial real estate firm based in Long Island, and received his training in the commercial real estate field.  After working for a year in the firm he followed his instinct and left to form his own retail leasing company, known as Harvest International. 

Harvest International, established since 1992, models after major houses of the American mainstream commercial real estate firms.  Mr. Chan specializes in Restaurant and fashion tenants rep works and had performed project financing by bringing Swissotel, a subsidiary of Swiss Air, to Paris and matched it up with the prominent S.A.R.I. Grouppe of France to joint-venture for a hotel development in La Defense, Paris. 

In recent years, Mr. Chan has spearheaded the business growth and expansion trend by leading Asian tenants into the mainstream shopping malls. For example; malls owned by General Growth (then The Rouse Company) in America on a national scale to operate and expand.  Mr. Chan was also instrumental in helping customers to successfully consummate several triple net lease projects of over 100,000/sf in each case on buildings that are under utilized, turned them around and has earned himself a name of as a well-respected and prominent commercial real estate broker  in the Asian American businessmen society, in New York particularly.   Harvest International is now an established, successful commercial real estate company and has recently launched an investment banking division of providing private placement service to clients to fuel their growth and expansion by bridging West to East and East to West.

Degrees Received:

Hotel Management, Cannon’s College of Honolulu, Diploma
Accounting, University of Hawaii (LCC), A.S. Degree
Business Management, University of Hawaii, A.S. Degree
Human Relations and Behavioral Science, University of San Francisco, B.S. Degree
International Business Management, Golden Gate University of San Francisco, M.B.A. Degree

Languages & Skills

Bi-lingual in Chinese and English, some conversational Japanese and French.  Computer literate.

Accomplishments:

Gold Key Award, outstanding employee award for devising a monitoring system for Western Airlines competitive route and market studies, 1984

Completed the largest triple net lease projects both in Flushing NY and Elmhurst NY, 2004-05

Awarded the exclusive agency rights to market a high-end mix-use 250,000/sf project in downtown Flushing in planning the appropriate tenancy mix as well as pre-lease and sale.

Email:  charlesc@harvestinternational.net

Mrs. Daphne S. Zhou-Chan, the Vice President of Harvest International, is no stranger to the Asian Business Community of New York City. She was one of the operating partners at Golden Choice Realty, located in Flushing. During her time there, she was instrumental in fortifying an alliance with the renown TDC Development, handling the early boom of real estate development in the Asian market.

Daphne came to New York in 1986 to pursue her Master's Degree in Economics after she graduated from the well respected and prestigious Beijing Foreign Language University on a full scholarship.

Her dedication to her work allows her to incorporate a high level of discipline and commitment in solving her clients’ problems and dilemma; while serving and fulfilling her client’s needs in the ever changing and complex real estate world, particularly in the industrial sector. With this, she has earned herself an undisputable reputation as one of the premier industrial brokers in the field. Handling transactions from leasing to sale, and to lease with option to buy are just of some of the specialties she has in her repertoire as a broker. One of her accomplishments occured while she was representing one of her most cherished clients, Strong America. She helped them achieve a doubled up gain on their corporate real estate investment while simply workingtheir everyday business. She is also currently a Lion Club member in the Flushing Chapter.

Degrees Received:

Bachelor of Literature in English and Japanese, Beijing Foreign Language University

Master of Science in Economics, Queens College of New York

Languages & Skills

Bi-lingual in Chinese and English, some conversational Japanese.

Accomplishments:

In addition handling 100,000/sf plus transaction, Daphne has structured lease with option to purchase transactions that has propelled her client to double up on their holding value almost over night.

Email:  daphnec@harvestinternational.net

Mr. Jonathan P. Niles, a recent graduate from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, was recruited into Harvest International, by Mr. Chan, within months of completing his Bachelor of Science diploma in Psychology. Mr. Niles has harbored the burning desire to help others attain a means of wealth through good financial planning and smart investing and feels that this is one of those great opportunities to facilitate this calling.

Mr. Nile's talents were developed naturally, having begun his career in Insurance management immediately upon graduation; his intense passion for helping service the needs of others is overshadowed only by the nature of his bright personality and startling intellect. Maintaining positive business relationships and promoting an image of professionalism has always been an important aspect of his life. In addition to leasing, Mr. Nile's everlasting quest for excelling in the commercial real estate industry has quickly elevated himself  to the position as the Director of Acquisitions, in charge of  sourcing and syndicating funds to acquiring properties for the company, in addition to his daily leasing and sales brokerage practices.

Email:  jonathann@harvestinternational.net

William Chen’s affiliation with the Harvest International team is a natural extension of his passion for real estate and the finance industry. He is a sharp and knowledgeable individual that possesses a sense of business acumen in the acquisition and syndication the commercial real estate and financial markets, providing his clients with a high quality level of service, with disciplined professionalism and attentions to details.

Prior to joining Harvest International in 2006, William Chen worked in Merrill Lynch for more than 5 years where he was a senior credit strategist. In that role, he derived various quantitative models using market inputs for sector selections and trading strategy implementations. Mr. Chen also worked on the Lehman Brothers convertible bond desk for 2 years as the quantitative analyst where he was responsible for securities valuations. Mr. Chen began his investment career in 1996 with Bankers Trust. He earned a B.A. in Economics and Computer Sciences from New York University.

Mr. Chen’s specialty is in private placement, acquisition and syndication for real estate investment.

Email:  williamc@harvestinternational.net

Mr. Alvin Mui has just recently graduated from SUNY Stony Brook University with a B.A. degree in Sociology and a minor in Business Management. Growing up in a successfully run restaurant business family, Alvin was to become a famous chef by first enrolling in one of the top culinary schools in New York. However, he was quickly discovered and recruited by Harvest International as a prime candidate for the multi-faceted commercial real estate industry particularly in the area of food service segment. He is a very intelligent and quick-to-learn individual that possesses a good sense of business acumen with a pleasant disposition.

In addition to be handling leasing, Mr. Mui is being groomed to handle 1031 Property Exchange Program due to his attentions to details and an innate ability to follow through on all aspects of a transaction.

Mr. Mui’s specialty is in 1031 Property Exchange, Syndication and Leasing in the food service sector.

Email:  alvinm@harvestinternantional.net

Olivia is no stranger to the fashion world as she first started her career as the sales manager and the Assistant Buyer for Fashion By Toby which has easily landed her a spot in a major commercial real estate company based in Manhattan, i.e. Garick-Aug Store Leasing Company, in the retail leasing Department.

Olivia’s prior years of business and work experience have been multiple levels of sales and customer service  including Citi Bank and Ricoh Printer Company handling both  government and corporate accounts which gave her an insight in the business world unparallel to any other sales professional in the real estate industry.

Olivia is a dedicated, goal-oriented and turbo-charged energy professional and Harvest International embraces her multi-talents and experience in continuing forming a dynamic team to service its global clients from coast to coast, may it be retail, office

or factory buildings requirements and that no requirement is too small or too big.  Olivia, as the Director of Marketing and Leasing, is geared up to provide a thorough and carry-through full  service for the clients’ multiple real estate needs.

Email:  oliviab@harvestinternational.net

Growing up in a family of small business owners specializing in foods services, Theo became keenly aware of the importance of hard work and customer service dedication are the vital ingredients to success. Having created ideas and running day to day operations efficiently in order for the business to prosper were challenging yet exciting at the same time for Theo.

As a highly self-motivated individual, he quickly sought ideas and routes seeking financial success. In 2006, he was recruited by Century 21 Fine Homes & Estates in Great Neck. During this transition, from running a family restaurant to assisting the President of the company, he is at where he can transform his past work ethics and disciplines to a new dimension of the business world. He quickly adapted to his new environment and began creating new ideas to attract business and differentiate their services and methods of operation from the competitors. He is a compelling individual who thrives off productivity, efficiency, and dedication to success. His desire to reach out for success has landed him at Harvest International where the President of the company spotted him and wanted to bring him on board to form a dynamic team.

Theo is an undergraduate pursuing a degree in Real Estate and Metropolitan Development in Queensborough College that will take him to NYU eventually. He is a full time Sales & Leasing Associate at Harvest International and has started his career in the industrial department.

Email:  theok@harvestinternational.net

Sherry, previously studied at the Queensboro College,  is a formerly JP Morgan Chase employee in the banking industry in the customer relationship field.  Her dailly interaction with people of all walks of life gives her an uncanny ability to spot out solution and focus in problem solving.   Such is a vital characteristic to success in the commercial real estate industry, as not every case is a smooth sailing.  

Sherry is a dedicated, hard-working, team-spirited individual and work can well with people and is highly dependable.  She has joined Haravest International to further her business interests in this ever changing and challenging market place.  She is fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese both written and speaking.

Email: sherryc@harvestinternational.net