Professional Profile: Hyman Kaplan - 1967

Name: Hyman Kaplan - 1967

Company: H. Kaplan & Sons

Location: Boston, MA

Birthplace: New Jersey

Education: Brown University; Bentley College Through many years experience with local and national Chamber of Commerce groups, Hy learned the value or trusting cooperation, as aspect of his business which has made one or the most successful single industrial real estate brokers on the East Coast. “We work with and trust everyone---and I cannot recall one instance where anyone has taken advantage or our trust. I remember one instance when a broker, who tipped us off on a listing which resulted in no immediate sale. Two years later, we sold the property and sent the broker, who we hadn’t seen for two years, a half commission. The broker never had an exclusive and could not understand why we protected him. Without him, we would not have known of the property” Kaplan started as a dispatcher with the New Haven RR for $20.00 per week. He worked two years as site man for Elm Farm’s food store, and In 1927, joined Chelsea Chamber of Commerce; then the Boston Chamber; the United States Chamber, finishing up with the Chelsea Chamber in 1945. “We are celebrating our 20th year in the real estate business over which time we have leased and sold millions or feet, 90% of it with cooperating brokers. It is a simple formula---the more deals we work on, the more brokers we work with, the more deals we consummate.”