New York Real Estate Journal

Okada of Okada & Co. speaks at Asian Real Estate Professional Association Distinguished Speaker Event

August 6, 2026 - Movers & Milestones
Shown (from left) are: Leon Ye, AREPA NY committee board member; Angela Chen, partner of EisnerAmper; Christina Ying, Herrick Feinstein LLP; Margaret Ling, NYS Agency Underwriting Counsel, agency business development of AmTrust Title, AREPA NY board of directors; Patrick Yu, attorney of Salamon Gruber Blaymore & Strenger PC, AREPA co-founder and vice president; Christopher Okada, president and CEO of Okada & Co.; Young Woo, founder and principal of Young Woo & Associates LLC; Tony Huang, president and founder of AREPA, president of The Heights Real Estate Company; Peter Wu, principal of Eastbrook Real Estate Group, vice president of AREPA; David Qian, AREPA NY board of directors; David Guerrero, Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management, AREPA NY board of directors; Mark Xu, operations associate at Century Development Group, AREPA NY committee board member; Matthew Xu, junior project manager at Century Development Group; and Marissa Huang, asset management at Lument Capital, AREPA NY committee board member

Manhattan, NY The Asian Real Estate Professional Association (AREPA) hosted the AREPA Distinguished Guest Speaker Event at EisnerAmper’s 733 3rd Ave. office.

Christopher Okada, president and CEO of Okada & Co., spoke to a filled room of real estate professionals about his family, company, and the current state of the NYC real estate market. The event was sponsored and hosted by EisnerAmper.

The Asian Real Estate Professional Association, Inc. (AREPA) is a non-profit professional association. AREPA was founded to provide a forum for Asians in the real estate profession and for anyone interested in pursuing a career in it. AREPA was founded in late 1995 by Tony Huang and Patrick Yu, both owners and managers whose families have been in the real estate business for over 40 years. Currently, AREPA has two chapters in New York and Boston. 

AREPA Boston Chapter was founded in late 2021 by Tony Huang and Rose Liu with the purpose of growing the organization to multiple cities across the country.

For further information on future events and for membership information, visit www.arepainc.org