April 04, 2008 -
Upstate New York
Name: John Meder
Title: Realtor, Land & Development Specialist
Company: Davis R. Chant Real Estate
Location: Milford, Penn.
Birthplace and year: Flushing, N.Y., 1956
Family: Wife, Oi
College: The Cooper Union, bachelor of architecture; Harvard University, master of architecture
First job in real estate or allied field: Director of design for a private commercial developer
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? In '05 we had over 1,000 transactions in excess of $400 million. Half of that was for investment land, mostly for residential development. We see unlimited opportunities in the brokerage of land and we will place even more resources in this aspect of our firm.
Hobbies: Restoring antique chairs, fishing and yard sale-ing with my bride
Favorite book: "Belle Du Seigneur" by Albert Cohen, "Flight to Arras" by St. Exupery
Favorite movie: "Diva," 1981, Jean-Jacques Beineix
Persons you admire most (outside of family): Davis Chant, Leonard Stern, the Dalai Lama