Retail Chase Welles, Northwest Atlantic Real Estate Services
Name: Chase Welles
Title: Executive Vice President
Company: Northwest Atlantic Real Estate Services
Location: 711 Westchester Ave., 2nd Fl., White Plains, NY 10604
Birthplace and date: New Haven, Conn., Apr. 21, 1961
Family: Separated, with 2 kids
College: Columbia College; graduated in 1984
First job outside of real estate: Restaurants through high school and college
First job in real estate or allied field: Selling apartments on the Upper West Side during college
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Tenant rep for retailers in the tri-state area, including Whole Foods, Kohl's, Costco and Staples. Chair of REBNY Retail Committee. Expanding business to include landlord development.
Hobbies: Sailing, reading, cooking, playing golf badly, skiing
Favorite book: "White Tiger" by Aravind Adiga
Favorite movie: "No Country for Old Men"
Favorite website: google.com
Person you admire most (outside of family): Neil Armstrong
Key to success: No fear
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Doctor
What noteworthy transactions or deals from this year best exemplified key market trends or shifts? I would like to say there was an outstanding transaction for me this past year but 2024 was more a culmination of long-term relationships, most of which continued to transact. Deals were smaller in many cases but we saw robust leasing both on the agency side as well as on the tenant side.