The Real Estate Board of New York annual banquet Thursday, January 15, 2004.With a flourish of evening dresses and tuxedo tails, 2,700 real estate industry professionals stepped out to celebrate the Real Estate Board of New York's 108th Annual Gala on January 15 at the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Hilton. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Senator Charles Schumer, New York State Attorney General The New York State Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the State of New York. The office has been in existence in some form since 1626, under the Dutch colonial government of New York. Elliott Spitzer, State Senator Joseph Bruno, and many other state and city officials joined the industry's top leaders. Six standout executives were the honored guests of the evening. Larry Silverstein, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Silverstein Properties Inc., received the Harry B. Helmsley Distinguished New Yorker Award for his tireless efforts to redevelop the World Trade Center site and his lifetime of commitment to New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Past REBNY REBNY Real Estate Board of New York Chairman Burton P. Resnick was honored with the Bernard H. Mendik Lifetime Leadership in Real Estate Award for his years of dedication to the industry and the Real Estate Board of New York. The Kenneth R. Gerrety Humanitarian Award was presented to Frederick Kane Marek, founder of the Vortex Group, who initiated and led a REBNY fund drive to make the holiday season joyful for children living in Lower Manhattan affected by the September 11 terrorist attacks. Benjamin Fox, executive vice president and principal of Newmark New Spectrum Retail LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , received the Louis Smadbeck Broker Recognition Award to celebrate his successful years in leasing. Matthew Duthie, senior vice president/director of operations of Reckson Associates New York Division, was awarded the George M. Brooker Management Executive of the Year Award. Duthie manages a portfolio of five Manhattan properties, encompassing 3.6 million square feet. Finally, Mitchell Arkin, a director at Cushman & Wakefield, took home the Young Men's and Women's Real Estate Association's (YM/REA) Young Real Estate Man of the Year Award. With more than two decades of experience under his belt, Arkin has completed thousands of transactions. At the banquet, REBNY also honored Thomas O'Hanlon, REBNY Senior Vice President for Membership and Publications, who is retiring after 50 years of dedicated service to the Board. Tom Elghanayan, Rockrose Development Corp.; Jonathan Mechanic, Fried Frank Harris Shriver shrive v. shrove or shrived, shriv·en or shrived, shriv·ing, shrives v.tr. 1. To hear the confession of and give absolution to (a penitent). 2. & Jacobs; REBNY Chairperson John E. Zuccotti, Brookfield Financial Properties; Joel Picket, Gotham Organization. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] John Whitehead, Chairman, Lower Manhattan Development Corp.; Gifford Miller, Speaker, NYC NYC abbr. New York City NYC New York City Council; John E. Zuccotti, REBNY Chairperson; Howard Rubenstein, Howard Rubenstein Assoc.; Burton P. Resnick, Jack Resnick & Sons; Joseph Bruno, State Senate Majority Leader; Elliot Spitzer, New York State Attorney General. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Francis Greenburger, Time Equities; Vicki Suna and Stuart Suna, Silvercup Studios; U.S. Senator Charles Schumer; Alan Suna, Silvercup Studios. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Larry Silverstein, recipient of the Harry B. Helmsley Distinguished New Yorker Award and Lisa Silverstein, Silverstein Properties; William McCahill, Fleet Bank; Dan Brodsky, Brodsky Organization; William Carmody, JPMorgan Chase; Tom Elghanayan, Rockrose Development Corp. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] William Rudin, Rudin Management Company; Mary Ann Tighe, CBRichard Ellis NY. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mayor Michael Bloomberg; Dan Gronich, Grubb & Ellis New York; Jerry Speyer, Tishman Speyer Properties Tishman Speyer Properties is a leading real estate building and operating company set up in 1978 by two founding partners, Jerry Speyer and Robert Tishman. Overview . [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Susan Mendik, Bernard H. Mendik Company; Mayor Michael Bloomberg; Charles Gargano, Chairman, NY Empire State Development Corp. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Howard Milstein, Milstein Properties; Councilwoman Melinda Katz; Robert Knakal, Massey Knakal Realty Services. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] NYC Commissioner of Finance Martha Stark; Adam Barsky, NYS 1. Is not. See Nis. Deputy Secretary for Public Authority, Finance & Housing; David Greenbaum, Vornado Realty Trust Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO) is a New York based real estate investment trust. It is the inheritor of real estate formerly controlled by companies including Two Guys and Alexander's. ; Glenn Newman, President, NYC Tax Commission. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sandy Lindenbaum, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel; Robert Tierney, Chairperson, NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Patricia Lancaster, Commissioner, New York City Department of Buildings; Ed Riguardi, Jones Lang LaSalle Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE: JLL) is a major real estate and money management services firm headquartered in the Aon Center in Chicago, Illinois and the only company in its industry making it into Fortune magazine's list of the 100 Best Places to Work in the U.S. ; Joel Picket, Gotham Organization. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Andy Alper, NYC Economic Development Corp.; Mary Ann Tighe, CB Richard Ellis CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. NYSE: CBG is a multinational real estate corporation currently based in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.. On December 20, 2006, the corporation, also known as CBRE, completed acquisition of Trammell Crow Co. in a transaction valued at $2. NY; Bruce Mosler, Cushman & Wakefield; Robert Speyer, Tishman Speyer. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Former REBNY Presidents Rick Rosan and Ken Patton join Steve Spinola in honoring Tom O'Hanlon for his 50 years of service to REBNY. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Paul Massey Jr., Massey Knakal; Ben Fox, Newmark New Spectrum Retail and recipient of the Louis Smadbeck Broker Recognition Award; Mary Ann Tighe, CBRichard Ellis NY. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Larry Silverstein receives the Harry B. Helmsley Distinguished New Yorker Award from Steve Spinola and John Zuccotti [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ed Riguardi, Jones Lang LaSalle; Matthew Duthie, Reckson Associates Realty Corp. and George M. Brooker Management Executive of the Year Award recipient; Gerard Schumm, Trizec. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Gregg Schenker, ABPartners; Mitchell Arkin, Cushman & Wakefield recipient of the Young Real Estate Man of the Year Award. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Frederick Kane Marek, Vortex Group, receiving the Kenneth Gerrety Humanitarian Award from Steve Spinola. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Howard Ronson, HRO HRO Housing Referral Office HRO Rostock (Germany, auto license plate) HRO Human Resources Outsourcing HRO Hogeschool Rotterdam (The Netherlands) HRO Human Resources Office HRO Ham Radio Outlet Group, Chris Ward, Commissioner of Environmental Protection, Bruce Mosler, Cushman & Wakefield. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jim Berg, Realty Advisory Board, Michael Fishman, Local 32B-32J Service Employees International Union AFL-CIO AFL-CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. AFL-CIO in full American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations U.S. . [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] City Planning Commission Chair Amanda Burden. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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