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About Yanlan K Hong

Visionary entrepreneur and focused on due diligence are just a few of the phrases most often used to describe Karen Hong. Karen leverages a strong resume as a real estate professional and broker focused on serving commercial clients across the entire Florida market. Over the course of her career, Karen has sold more than $35 million across Florida, totaling nearly 400,000 square feet, with over 285 lease and sale transactions to date. She has worked with regional and national brands such as Supercuts, Bento, Bojangles, Crafty Crab Seafood Restaurant, Kyuramen, Bonchon, MochiNut, and Boost Mobile, among others. Because of her extensive background as a restaurant entrepreneur, owner, chef, and real estate investor, she specializes in serving restaurant owners and other business entrepreneurs. Karen has earned a distinguished reputation as a tireless worker who understands every aspect of the commercial industry and exercises tireless due diligence before recommending properties to clients. Karen launched her career in real estate working for Prime Realty as a sales associate and was later promoted as the Vice President of Brokerage in 2019, where she specialized in third-party leasing for retail and site selection for regional and national tenants pursuing the Orlando, Miami, Tampa, and Jacksonville markets. She later became the Director of Retail at leading commercial real estate firm Colliers International Florida in 2020. Karen expanded her horizons and opened up a commercial real estate firm in Orlando as the CEO of Foresight Real Estate in 2022. Karen is a native of China and a longtime resident of the Jacksonville area. She was born and raised in a restaurant environment to a family of entrepreneurs. Karen learned about the restaurant business early in life