BuildingsNY show 95% booked.

The Associated Builders and Owners of Greater New York's 2001 BuildingsNY Show promises to be the biggest ever, with exhibition space already 95% sold. The BuildingsNY Show, the largest buildings and real estate trade event in the metropolitan New York region, will be held in NYC at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on June 19-20, 2001. Pre-registration for the show is up by 42% over last year at this time.

The Mayoral Forum will feature all four Democratic mayoral candidates and will be moderated by Marcia Kramer, chief investigative/political reporter for CBS 2 News and host of CBS' public affairs politics talk show, "Sunday Edition". The candidates will be invited to express their opinions on a multitude of topics including their views on the buildings and the real estate industry. The forum will be held June 19th at 8:30 a.m.

Dr. Michael Shill, Professor, will moderate the Visionary Panel at NYU School of Law and Wagner School of Public Service. It will feature some of the real estate industry's most respected professionals, including Faith Hope Consolo, Vice Chair, Garrick-Aug World; Jeff Gural, President, Newmark & Co; Drew Connor, VP, Boston Properties and Glenn Grimaldi, Sr. VP, HSBC Bank. Panelists will discuss their views on what the future holds for New York's real estate. market. The panel will be held June 20 from 8 to 10 a.m.

One of the new features planned for the event is the eBuildings Pavilion, which will showcase the latest technology and services available to the industry. The eBuildings Pavilion will be devoted to showcasing the products and services available to help builders, managers and owners keep their buildings up-to-speed.

The amount of exhibit space is also up for this year's event. To date, 512 companies - 34 of which will exhibit in the new eBuildings Pavilion, will occupy 74,300 square feet of exhibit space, compared to 70,000 square feet of space at this time last year. Exhibiting companies include Varsity Plumbing, Castle Oil, AFGO Mechanical, Jad Corporation, Easco Boiler, Janovic Plaza, Rosenwach Group, and Cablevision Lightpath.

"This year's BuildingsNY Show promises to be the largest ever," said Nicholas LaPorte, executive director of the ABO. "With more exhibitors, more attendees and many more of the informative special events that we have become known for, this year's event is sure to have something for everyone."

There is still time to register to exhibit or attend BuildingsNY. For information on exhibiting, please call Rick Tutunjian at 203-840-5989; on attending please call 888-334-8702 or visit the BuildingsNY web site at www. .buildingsny.com.