Around town: Events seminars meetings talks.

Annual Market Makers Breakfast Symposium

May 25 -- Hundreds of people in the real estate industry are expected at the event, which will include breakfast and a discussion on current market conditions. Guests will also have the opportunity to meet with Massey Knakal's territory experts, each of whom work in a specific area of New York City, Westchester or Nassau County.

Massey Knakal works on a territory system so that each of its agents can be a market expert in their area by knowing who's buying, who's selling, what prices are and how best to maximize the sale price of a property.

8 to 10 a.m. May 25 at the Grand Hyatt New York, 109 East 42nd Street, Park Avenue at Grand Central Station. For more information on the event, please call Kari Neering, public relations director, at 212.696.2500, x7735.

ABO Luncheon

May 25 -- Omar Friella, founder and director of the Green Worker Cooperatives, will address the Associated Builders and Owners of Greater New York, Inc. (ABO) at its May 25 luncheon at The National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South (at East 20th Street) at noon.

Friella will discuss the cooperative's efforts to salvage reusable materials from trash and demolition waste in New York's South Bronx, creating a neighborhood that is both environmentally and economically healthy. Friella will also address his vision for creating hundreds of jobs through the establishment of local environmentally-friendly manufacturing businesses.

The May 25 luncheon is open to ABO members at a cost of $65 per person and non-members at $80 per person. Reservations should be made by calling 212.385.4949.

Appraisal Course

May 26 -- The Columbia Society of Real Estate Appraisers, Inc. is hosting a seven-hour National USPAP Update course at the Holiday Inn in Ronkonkoma, N.Y.

The seven-hour USPAP course is a required course for all licensed/certified New York State real estate appraisers renewing their licenses. Course will give attendees seven hours continuing education credit for appraisers and 6.25 hours continuing education credit for real estate. For additional information call 631-732-6200.

UJA Luncheon

May 31 -- The Federation of New York Real Estate and Allied Trades Division Annual Luncheon honoring Daniel R. Tishman, chairman & CEO, Tishman Realty & Construction Co., Inc., who will receive the Jack D. Weiler Award, Wednesday, May 31, at 11:30 a.m. at

The Pierre, Fifth Avenue at 61St Street, NYC, Guest Speaker: Bob Kerrey, President of The New School, former senator and governor of Nebraska, Couvert $300. For additional information, contact Andrea J. Barchas at 1.212.836.1819 or [e-mail].

Luncheon Chairs: Jonathan Mechanic, Joseph Moinian, Dianne Greenberg Penchina, Burton P. Resnick, William C. Rudin, Frank J. Sciame, Larry A. Silverstein; Journal Chairs: Richard S. Lane and Harvey Schulweis.

SMPS Workshop

June 2 -- The Society for Marketing Professional Services New York Area Chapter will hold a professional development workshop entitled "Getting the Word Out: Public Relations Strategy and Implementation" from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The event will be held at LDI Color, 1500 Broadway in New York City. Cost: Members-$100; Non-members--$150. Got to www.smpsny.org.

NYARM Golf Outing

June 5 -- The New York Association of Realty Managers is holding their annual Golf Outing. Buffet Brunch will begin at 10 am with a Noon Tee-off. Barbeque & Cocktail Reception to follow at 5 p.m. Tickets sold out very quickly last year so please RSVP early! Not Golfing? Join us for Spa Day and learn Self Relaxation Techniques. Call 212 216-0654.

PWC Golf Outing

June 5 -- The Professional Women in Construction will hold their annual golf outing at Elmwood Country Club, 850 Dobbs Ferry Rd., White Plains, N.Y. Registration begins at 10 a.m. Cost: $325 per person; $1450 per foursome. Email: [e-mail].

B'nai B'rith Luncheon

June 7 -- Jason Muss, Principal, Muss Development LLC, will speak at the B'nai B'rith Real Estate Unit Luncheon to be held at noon at the Cornell Club, 6 East 44th Street, Ivy Room. His topic is "New Visions for Brooklyn and Queens."

Call Ms. Aracelis Kuilan at [phone] to secure your reservation for the June 7 luncheon. You can also fax her at [phone], e-mail [e-mail]. Admission is $55 in advance and $65 at the door. It is advisable to reserve in advance to secure a place. Make checks payable to B'nai B'rith Real Estate and mail to Ms. Aracelis Kuilan at BDO Seidman, LLP, 330 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017.

SMPS Long Island Golf Classic

June 8 -- The Society for Marketing Professionals Long Island Chapter will hold its 2006 Golf Classic at the Timber Point Country Club, Great River Rd., Great River, N.Y. Lunch starts at Noon, with a shot-gun tee-off at 2 p.m. and a 7 p.m. dinner. Got to www.smpsli.org for more info.

CMSA Convention

June 12 to 14 -- Is the CMBS industry "Approaching the Tipping Point?" Find out at Commercial Mortgage Securities Association's Twelfth Annual Convention. This year's Convention, co-chaired by Larry Duggins of ARCap REIT, Inc., Peter Horos of Allstate Insurance Corporation and John Mulligan of Merrill Lynch & Co., will be held at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. Cost: Early registration--Members: $995/ Non-members: $1,575; Regular registration--Members: $1,195/Non-members: $1,695. Register at www.cmbs.org.

SMPS Awards Dinner

June 15 -- The Society for Marketing Professional Services New York Area Chapter will hold its Annual Honor Awards Dinner from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The event will be held at the Millennium Broadway Hotel, 145 W. 44th St. in New York City. Got to www.smpsny.org.

Israel Bonds Golf Outing

July 17 -- Israel Bonds' Construction and Building Trades Division will honor Louis J. Coletti, president and CEO of the Building Trades Employers' Association, at a dinner at 5 p.m. following a golf outing at Old Oaks Country Club in Purchase, N.Y. Honorary chairs: Daniel R. Tishman of Tishman Realty & Construction Co. and Edward J. Malloy of the Building and Construction Trades Council. Event chairs: Stephen R. Karafiol of Tishman Construction Corp., Michael E Russo of Fresh Meadow Mechanical Corp., and Edward J. Walsh of the Iron Workers District Council. Cost: $500/person or $2,000/ foursome for golf and dinner and $200/person for dinner only. Reservations: Celine Leeds at 212-446-5858.