Mr. Lee is the Co-Chairman of the Global Capital Group at Marcus & Millichap in the Manhattan office and has more than 21 years of commercial real estate experience. The Global Capital Group works with Institutional and high-net-worth clients from around the world interested in investing in the United States. In the last three years Mr. Lee and the GCG team have traveled to more than 20 cities in 11 countries to facilitate both real estate investments and capital markets transactions as well as to provide consulting services. Mr. Lee has closed more than $1.65 billion in commercial real estate transactions, including hospitality, multifamily, development, and retail, along with debt and equity origination.

Mr. Lee’s family is originally from Nanking, China, and emigrated to Taiwan, where Nelson was born. His family had been investing in real estate prior to arriving in Manhattan, where they began acquiring real estate as early as 1978. Mr. Lee was exposed to real estate at a very young age, accompanying his father to meetings and visiting landlord/tenant court to help translate on his behalf. Mr. Lee has been instrumental in helping with his family’s real estate acquisitions and management for the past 40 years.