Commercial real estate broker David Choate looks back on 35-year career
NH Business Review interviewed Choate at the International Marketplace, located at the Pease International Tradeport, where Choate helped negotiate many deals over the years.
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Proceeds from the 2011 Service Credit Union Boston-Portsmouth Air Show were donated to several nonprofits in New Hampshire, including the Brain Injury Association of New Hampshire, the Daniel Webster Council Boy Scouts of America, and America’s Credit Union Museum in Manchester. Shown with the $3,000 donation to the museum are, from left, Mike Kauffman, Boy Scouts’ executive director; Steve Wade, executive director of the brain injury association; Peggy Powell, museum executive director; and Karen Benedetti, vice president of marketing for the credit union.
NH Business Review interviewed Choate at the International Marketplace, located at the Pease International Tradeport, where Choate helped negotiate many deals over the years.
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