The Real Estate Board of New York annual banquet Thursday, January 15, 2004

Real Estate Weekly, Feb 11, 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 Hilton.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Senator Charles Schumer, New York State Attorney General 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 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.

Past REBNY 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, 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 & Jacobs; REBNY Chairperson John E. Zuccotti, Brookfield Financial Properties; Joel Picket, Gotham Organization.

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John Whitehead, Chairman, Lower Manhattan Development Corp.; Gifford Miller, Speaker, NYC 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.

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Francis Greenburger, Time Equities; Vicki Suna and Stuart Suna, Silvercup Studios; U.S. Senator Charles Schumer; Alan Suna, Silvercup Studios.

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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.

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William Rudin, Rudin Management Company; Mary Ann Tighe, CBRichard Ellis NY.

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Mayor Michael Bloomberg; Dan Gronich, Grubb & Ellis New York; Jerry Speyer, Tishman Speyer Properties.

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Susan Mendik, Bernard H. Mendik Company; Mayor Michael Bloomberg; Charles Gargano, Chairman, NY Empire State Development Corp.

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Howard Milstein, Milstein Properties; Councilwoman Melinda Katz; Robert Knakal, Massey Knakal Realty Services.

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NYC Commissioner of Finance Martha Stark; Adam Barsky, NYS Deputy Secretary for Public Authority, Finance & Housing; David Greenbaum, Vornado Realty Trust; Glenn Newman, President, NYC Tax Commission.

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Sandy Lindenbaum, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel; Robert Tierney, Chairperson, NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission.

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Patricia Lancaster, Commissioner, New York City Department of Buildings; Ed Riguardi, Jones Lang LaSalle; Joel Picket, Gotham Organization.

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Andy Alper, NYC Economic Development Corp.; Mary Ann Tighe, CB Richard Ellis NY; Bruce Mosler, Cushman & Wakefield; Robert Speyer, Tishman Speyer.

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Former REBNY Presidents Rick Rosan and Ken Patton join Steve Spinola in honoring Tom O'Hanlon for his 50 years of service to REBNY.

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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.

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Larry Silverstein receives the Harry B. Helmsley Distinguished New Yorker Award from Steve Spinola and John Zuccotti

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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.

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Gregg Schenker, ABPartners; Mitchell Arkin, Cushman & Wakefield recipient of the Young Real Estate Man of the Year Award.