Around the town: events seminars meetings talks.

Lease Seminar

May 30 to 31 -- National Lease Advisors, Inc. will offer a "Commercial Lease" seminar. The seminar will discuss such issues as operating expenses, conflicting clauses, real estate taxes, etc. It will take place at The Princeton Club. For registration and additional information please call [phone].

Ethics Course

June 3 -- New York Real Estate Institute is offering an appraisal course called "Ethics & Standards" beginning June 3 on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6 to 10 p.m. at 19 West 34th St. The tuition is $225, materials included. To register, call [phone].

NRC Lunch

June 3 -- The National Realty Club will hold a lunch from noon to 2 p.m. at the Williams Club, 24 East 39th St. between Park and Madison Avenues. Peter Slatin, co-founder and editor-in-chief of GRID Magazine, will be the featured speaker. His topic will be "Putting NYC Back Together." To make reservations, call Tamara Beck or Burton Beck at [phone] or email [e-mail]. Payments should be mailed to 380 Lexington Ave., Suite 1700, New York, NY, 10168.

Energy Buyers Forum

June 4 - The New York Energy Buyers Forum (NYEBF), a coalition of commercial energy customers and energy service companies in the New York City area, is sponsoring a panel about "Ensuring Reliability Through ICAP: To Reform or Not To Reform?" ICAP is short for the Installed Capacity charge paid by all retail power users to encourage new power generation in the New York City area. The panel will take place on June 4 from 9 to. 11 a.m. in the C-2 level auditorium in 780 Third Ave. (between 47th and 48th Streets). Attendee registration starts at 8:30 a.m. Admission is free for NYEBF members and media representatives, and $45 for non-members. Non-members planning to attend are asked to RSVP to [phone] or to [e-mail]. Refreshments will be served. Further information on the Forum is available at http://www.nyebf.org.

AREW Lunch

June 4 -- The Association of Real Estate Women will holds its annual members only luncheon from noon to 2 p.m. The event will take place at the Harmonie Club, at 4 E. 60th St. Members: free of charge. For registration and additional information please call Stephanie Butler at [phone].

IREM Lunch

June 5 - The Greater New York Chapter of the Institute of Real Estate Management is hosting a luncheon and seminar on June 5. The seminar will be conducted by Gary Alexander, president of Alexander Wall Corporation and the topic is "Emergency Planning and Disaster Recovery". The event will be held at the Uniondale Marriott, 100 James Doolittle Blvd., Uniondale, NY from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The cost for members and non-members is $30. There is no charge for IREM members that have pre-paid for their luncheons. This includes roundtrip bus transportation from Manhattan (corner of 44th St. & Vanderbilt Ave.) leaving promptly at 10 a.m. For more information or to register please call 212.944.9445 or visit www.iremnyc.org

Blood Drive

June 6 -- Houlihan/Lawrence will hold a blood drive to benefit the Hudson Valley Blood Center from 3:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The event will take place at the Jefferson Valley Mall Community Center. For registration and additional information please call May Anderson at [phone], ext. 123.

NYARM Golf Outing

June 10 - The New York Association of Realty Manager will hold its annual golf outing at the Colonial Springs Golf Club in Farmingdale, NY from 10 a.m. with a buffet brunch and a full day of golf and barbecue dinner with open bar cocktail party. Members $275 per person, $1,000 for a foursome. Non member $350 per person. Golf clinic available for $275 per person and to sponsor a hole $125. To attend the dinner and cocktails only $125. Contact NYARM, executive director, Margie Russell at 212-216-0654 or [e-mail] or via the website www.nyarm.org to reserve space or for more info regarding other sponsorship activities.

PWC Golf Outing

June 10 -- Professional Women In Construction will hold its annual golf outing from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The event will include brunch, "shotgun" tee off, a cocktail party, and a dinner. It will take place at the Willow Ridge Country Club in Harrison, N.Y. Golf package: $300 per person. Rest & relaxation package: $175 per person. Cocktail party and dinner only: $165 per person. For registration and additional information please call [phone].

MBA Golf Outing

June 10 -- The Mortgage Bankers Association of New York will hold its annual golf and tennis outing. The event will take place at The Seawane Club in Hewlett Harbor, N.Y. For registration and additional information please call [phone].

Notary Public 

June 13 -- New York Real Estate Institute is offering a notary public course Thursdays beginning June 13 from 6 to 9 p.m. at 19 West St. Tuition is $59, materials included. To register call [phone].

State of Israel Bonds Lunch

June 13 - State of Israel Bonds' Architects, Designers, Engineers & Builders Division, a unit of its Real Estate and Construction Division, will honor Marvin A. Mass, chairman of Cosentini Associates, at its annual luncheon at 11:30 a.m. at The Plaza. Former New York City Deputy Mayor John E. Zuccotti, chairman of Brookfield Financial Properties, is guest speaker. Admission is $180 per person. For information, call Marc Rosen at [phone], ext. 476.

GNYCUC Breakfast

June 14 - William Bratton, former police commissioner of NYC and Boston; Thomas "Toby" Thacher, II, president of Thacher Associates, former NY School Construction Authority Inspector General, and former executive director, Construction Industry Strike Force; and Dean M. Esserman, executive managing director, Thacher Associates, and former Chief of Police of Stamford, Conn., and NY State MTA-Metro North, will be guest speakers at the next breakfast meeting of the Greater New York Construction User Council (GNYCUC). The seminar, "Planning for Catastrophe: Addressing Corporate Vulnerability in a Post 9-11 World," will take place from 8 to 11 a.m. at the Yale Club, 50 Vanderbilt Ave at 44th Street. Registration fee is $65 for GNYCUC members and public agencies and $95 for non-members.For further information, call [phone] or e-mail [e-mail].

Appraisal Institute Course

June 17 to 22 -- The Appraisal Institute will offer a 40-hour continuing education course, entitled "Highest and Best Use and Market Analysis" on five consecutive days from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The course will discuss supply and demand concepts, market studies, feasibility, etc. Classes will take place at Hofstra University in Uniondale, N.Y. Members: $550 per person. Nonmembers: $625 per person. For registration and additional information please call (312) 3354469.

Appraisal Course

June 17 -- New York Real Estate Institute is offering an appraisal course called "AQ-1 Fair Housing" beginning June 17 Mondays and Wednesdays 6 to 10 p.m. at 19 West 34th St. Tuition is $225, materials included. To register, call [phone].

NRC Lunch

June 18 -- The National Realty Club will hold its monthly luncheon, entitled "Real Estate and the Financial Market" from noon to 2:00 p.m. George Klett, executive vice president of North Fork Bank, Peter Smith, executive director of UBS Warburg, and Tom Lavin, vice president of MetLife, will take part in a moderated discussion. The luncheon will take place at The Williams Club, at 24 E. 39th St. in New York City. Members: $40 per person. Non-members: $60 per person. For registration and additional information please call Burton or Tamara Beck at [phone].

REBNY Breakfast

June 18 -- The Real Estate Board of New York's residential management council will hold a leadership breakfast from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Nat Leventhal, chairman of the Mayor's advisory committee on appointments, will be the featured speaker at the event. The breakfast will take place at The Yale Club, at 50 Vanderbilt Ave. Members: $35 per person. Non-members: $50 per person. For registration and additional information please call Linda L. Rainey at [phone].

PWC Networking Event

June 18 -- Professional Women In Construction (PWC) presents a networking event with exhibit tables to Meet The Real Estate Industry at La Maganette Ristorante, 50th Street at Third Avenue from 5:30 to 8 p.m.. Guests of Honor include officers and directors of BOMA-NY. Tickets: $65 includes buffet ($10 surcharge if no reservation); exhibit tables: $450 includes guest tickets, 1/2 page ad; sponsorship: $750 includes exhibit table, guest tickets, name on invitation, full page ad, acknowledgment at event. Call [phone], fax: [phone]; email: [e-mail].

AIA Panel

June 18 -- The American Institute of Architects will hold a panel entitled "Telling the Project's Story" from 8 to 10 a.m. at 200 Lexington Ave., first floor conference center. Panelists include Ros Brandt, Brandt Resources; Guy Geier, NBBJ; Joy Fedden Habian, public relations and marketing consultant; and Peter Slatin, GRID magazine. The moderator is Richard Staub, Richard Staub Marketing Services. The cost is $20 for members; $30 for nonmembers. For more information, call Kirsten Sibilia at [phone] x394 or David Koren at [phone].

Building Congress Breakfast

June 19 -- The New York Building Congress hosts a Construction Industry Breakfast Forum with The Port Authority of NY & NJ executive director Joseph J. Seymour and Lower Manhattan Development Corporation president and executive director Louis R. Tomson. Registration and breakfast at 8 a.m., program begins at 8:30 a.m., The Regent Wall Street Hotel, 55 Wall St., ground floor (between William and Hanover Streets). Fee is $50 for NYBC members, $75 for non-members. For reservations or more information, call the Building Congress at [phone].

BOMA Seminar

June 27 -- BOMA/NY will present a seminar entitled "Building Crisis Management" from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at The Peyton Room at the Southgate Tower Suite Hotel at 371 Seventh Ave. at 31st Street. Speakers are William Esposito, ambient group, inc., and Jeff Schlanger, Kroll Schiff & Associates, Inc. and moderators Laura Evans, Insignia/ESG, Inc. and Alvah Rock, The McGraw-Hill Co., Inc. The cost is $85 for members and $135 for ion-members. For more information, call Mary Ellen Sorgente, director of education, at [phone].