Standing from Left to Right: Patrick Yu, Attorney at Salamon Gruber, Blaymore & Srenger PC; VP of AREPA ; Peter Wu; Principal of Eastbrook Real Estate Group, VP of AREPA; Xinyuan Shen, MIT; Yi-Shan Huang, Managing Director at BentalGreenOak; Fred Cooper, Senior VP Toll Brothers; Christina Ying, Partner of Herrick , Feinstein, LLP; Vivian Jin, Managing Director CBIZ Marks Paneth; Benny Liu, Audit Director Marcum, LLP; Lita Wall, Senior Credit Officer Metropolitan Commercial Bank; Tony Huang, Principal of The Heights Real Estate Company, President of AREPA; Bentley Zhao, The Chairman and CEO of New Empire Corp; Dave Guerrero, Director Deutsche Bank; David Sessa Managing Director of GCP Capital Group; David Qian, Principal of Situs Partners, LLC; George Xu President Century Development Group, AREPA Advisory Board; Rose Liu, Director Colliers International, AREPA Boston President.
Bentley Zhao | Chairman and CEO | New Empire Group Corp.
Bio:
Bentley Zhao is the Chairman & CEO of New Empire Corp. He has made his career in real estate ever since completing his studies in Architecture at New York City College and in Economics at Baruch College. Bentley is part of the second generation of New Empire, which his father founded in 1997. Bentley became CEO of New Empire in 2004 and has since led the company to new heights of success. Over the years, he has expanded the team to incorporate expertise and experience in a broad base of areas,
including designing, building, and managing multi-family residences, offices, commercial buildings, industrial buildings, rental apartment buildings, and mixed-used condominium buildings. As of 2023, the company has developed and completed construction on more than 120 residential and hotel property projects.
Public Involvement
New Empire Corp is a comprehensive real estate services company headquartered in New York City, and has become one of the leaders in the medium-sized residential development field in New York City since its establishment in 1997. The company provides a range of services, including procurement, analysis, planning, financing, construction and design, construction management, marketing, and property management. In prosperous areas of New York City, New Empire Corp has successfully
renovated, constructed, and developed more than 120 mixed-use residential and hotel projects. In addition, the company has achieved many honors and achievements in the field of residential development, including the 2020 sales champion Neighborly LIC project, the 2021 Brooklyn sales champion and New York sales runner-up 567 Ocean Ave project, as well as the 2022 boutique development sales champion and the most worthy investment property 208 Delancey project. The innovative spirit and market insight of New Empire Corp have driven the design innovation of the entire industry.
