David Kahane Managing Member DAK Comm'l. Realty, LLC
Name: David Kahane
Title: Managing Member
Company: DAK Commercial Realty, LLC
Location: 109 West 38th St., Ste. 503
Birthplace: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Family: Wife and best friend for over 24 years: Toyo Tsyua-Kahane
College: Boston University, class of 1981
First job outside of real estate: Hyatt's Corporation's Corporate Training Program.
First job in real estate or allied field: As a teenager helping my grandfather with accounting entries, collecting the rent for properties he owned on the Delancy and Alan Sts. on Lower Eastside in Manhattan, and clean up around the properties. Salesperson with Charles H. Greenthal Commercial.
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Locates and secures office space for tenants. Continue to explore opportunity to grow the company without losing the focus.
Hobbies: Travel, skiing, mountain biking, hiking and toastmasters
Favorite book: "Seven Summits" by Dick Bass, Frank Wells, Rick Ridgeway
Person you admire most (outside of family): U.S. Senator Charles Schumer of N.Y.
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Colorado or Utah ski resort owner
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