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Posted: November 28, 2008
George Constantin President and CEO Heritage Realty Services, LLC
Name: George Constantin
Title: President and chief executive officer
Company: Heritage Realty Services, LLC
Location: 67 Irving Pl., New York, N.Y.
Birthplace: Piraeus, Greece
Family: Wife, 2 boys
College: Syracuse and New York University Real Estate Institute
First job outside of real estate: Maitre d', Fenway Golf Club, Scarsdale
First job in real estate or allied field: Helmsley-Spear, Inc., managing director Institutional Realty Advisory Group
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Owners, operators and developers of office buildings. We will continue to grow the portfolio and expand from our base in New York into the Northeast, as well as the Washington, D.C. Metro areas.
Hobbies: Fly fishing, woodworking, cyclist and marathons
Favorite book: Read mostly non-fiction (time permitting)
Favorite movie: "Dr. Zhivago" and "Cinema Paradiso"
Keys to success: Clarity of goals and flexibility in achieving them
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Medical doctor
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