Avideh Ghaffari

About Avideh Ghaffari

As President of Avida International Ltd. a New York Construction Contracting and Design…

Experience

1. Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker

   Brown Harris Stevens

   May 2004 — Present

   As President of Avida International Ltd. a New York Construction Contracting and Design company for over three decades, Avideh Ghaffari serves as advisor, consultant and spearhead on numerous savvy and attractive property refurbishments and upgrades. Educated in Architecture and Interior Design in her native Iran as well as in the U.K, she has utilized her cultivated eye and concrete knowledge of living space, structure and aesthetics to repackage, repurpose and market high end Real Estate.In her role, she is equal parts visionary, relationship broker, project manager, business closer and -as she modestly calls herself ”fixer upper.” (If the location is good and the building is good, there’s nothing that cannot be fixed.”)Her projects & her works are well documented in full feature articles in Crains New York as well as the New York Times praising Ms. Ghaffari’s foresight, business smarts and people skills. Other articles about her work have appeared in the Wall Street Journal and The New York Observer. Additionally, she was invited as Guest of the Week on CNBC Morning Business Report and has been listed in Who’s Who of American Women and Who’s Who of Women of the World. Ms. Ghaffari’s career as a Licensed Real Estate Sales Broker has been equally impressive with her knowledge of construction design shaping and informing her world- class sales performance over a 28-year period. Avideh has lived in her New York City apartment for over four decades with her husband, Abbas Ghaffari, former Head of the US and Mexican operations for NIOC (National Iranian Oil Company), then headquartered in New York.Ms. Ghaffari is a member of the Real Estate Board of New York, the American Society of Interior Design and NAFE (National Association of Female Executives) and UN Women for Peace. 445 Park AvenueNew York, NY 10022Brown Harris Stevens Residential Sales, LLC