Jack’s professional career started in 1977 in the prestigious Harmonie Club on E. 60th street off Fifth Avenue. At the Harmonie Club Jack worked with some of New York’s top business leaders who were shaping their industries. Icons from the Hess, Rudin, Resnick, Stanton, Zuckerman and Farkas families inspired Jack to pursue a career in commercial real estate.
As a result of the advice and guidance from the great industry leaders Jack interacted with at the Harmonie Club, he then pursued a real estate career. He started at Austin Haldenstein which then became Douglas Elliman. In 1986 Jack and his late wife Shirley Charatan started S. Charatan Realty, Inc. They chose a storefront in the East Village to open their business. The block was the toughest block in the East Village at that time (note the movie “Taxi Driver” with Robert De Niro was filmed on the block). Jack liked the challenge of the tough neighborhood due to his humble upbringing in the Castle Hill projects in the Bronx. Shirley and Jack also had the foresight to pick this neighborhood because of NYU’s presence and the great ethnic mix of the East Village. Both Shirley and Jack’s parents were of European descent and... Read More