Around the town events seminars meetings talks

Real Estate Weekly, May 21, 2003

REBNY Seminar

May 21 - The Real Estate Board of New York will host a seminar entitled "Fire and Life Safety Requirements for High Rise Office Buildings" at Citibank, 399 Park Avenue, 8 a.m. -- 11 a.m. Guest speakers are Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta, New York City Fire Department, Commissioner Patricia J. Lancaster, Department of Buildings, and Chief Stanley Dawe, Bureau of Fire Prevention, New York City Fire Department. Free to REBNY members and $20 for nonmembers. The seminar is sponsor by ARUP and Quality Fire-Protection Consultants, Inc. For more information and registration, please call Susi Moore at (212) 616-5232.

Building Congress Breakfast

May 21 - The New York Building Congress and the American Institute of Architects, New York Chapter, hosts a Construction Industry Breakfast Forum: "Building Up in a Down Economy," featuring New York City Economic Development Corp. president Andrew M. Alper, Skidmore Owings & Merrill chairman Marilyn Jordan Taylor and Turner Construction senior vice president James McKenna. The panelists will be interviewed by New York Times reporter Charles Bagli and New York Construction News editor Daniel Friedman. Reception and registration at 8 a.m. Program from 8:30 - 10 a.m., at Club 101, 101 Park Avenue (corner of 40th Street). Fee: $45 for NYBC and AIA members in advance ($55 at the door); $65 for nonmembers ($75 at the door). For more information, call the Building Congress at (212) 481-9230.

IREM Lunch

May 21 - The Greater New York Chapter of the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) will hold their monthly luncheon featuring special guest speaker Greg Serio, Superintendent of Insurance of the State of New York from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the New York Helmsley Hotel, 212 East 42nd St. The cost is $65 and advance reservations are required. Please contact Sheila Still at (212) 944-9445 or visit www.iremnyc.org.

NYARM Lunch

May 28 - The New York Association of Realty Managers membership luncheon will take place at Tavern on The Green located at Central Park West and 67th Street. During the pre-pre-luncheon- LEARNING SESSION at 11 a.m. the on-going-series, of the Required Ethics course needed to achieve NYARM certification, will be given by Gumley Haft's chief operating officer, Daniel Wollman, and director of management and The Federation of NY Housing Cooperatives and Condominiums' executive director, Greg Carlson. Meet the speakers during the pre luncheon noon to 1 p.m. networking session. During the luncheon and program from 1 to 2 p.m. Maximizing Building Employees Productivity, under the new Union Local 32BJ contract, will be the topic. RSVPS necessary. For more information log onto www.nyarm.org or contact NYARM's executive director Margie Russell, mrussell@nyarm.com or (212) 216-0654.

IREM Course

May 22 to Aug. 3 - The Greater New York Chapter of the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) will offer a course titled "Introduction to Real Estate Management" on ten Thursday evenings beginning May 22 through August 3. There will be no class on July 3. The course will be taught by Sandra Kerin, CPM at New York University's Midtown Center from 6 to 9 p.m. "Introduction to Real Estate Management is a preliminary course covering residential, office and retail properties. The textbook Principals of Real Estate Management, Fourteenth Edition is required and is included in the course fee of $625. To register or for more information please contact Sheila Still at (212) 944-9445 or visit www.iremnyc.org

NYARM Golf Outing

June 2 - The New York Association of Realty Managers, NYARM, holds its annual Golf Outing at Colonial Spring Country Club in East Farmingdale, Long Island. Advance RSVPS are necessary. For more info and membership information log onto www.nyarm.org or contact NYARM's executive director, Margie Russell, mrussell@nyarm.com or 212-216-0654.

REBNY Breakfast

June 3 -- The Real Estate Board of New York will hold a commercial management leadership breakfast from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Edward A. Riguardi, vice president of REBNY's management division and managing director of Jones Lang LaSalle, will receive an Industry Leadership Award. The event will take place at the Sky Club, at 200 Park Ave. For registration and additional information please call (212) 532-3100.

BOMA Lunch

June 4 -- Gov. George Pataki will address the Building Owners and Managers Association of New York at its luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Pier 60, Chelsea Piers. The cost is $85 for BOMA members and $95 for guests. For more information or reservations call Hallie Sherck at (212) 239-3662.

Appraisal Institute Breakfast

June 5 - The Metro New York Chapter of the Appraisal Institute will host the third in a series of breakfast meeting seminars at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 42 West 44th St.. The seminar's speakers will be Steven Spinola, president, the Real Estate Board of New York; and Daniel Rose, chairman, Rose Associates Inc. The event begins at 8 a.m. with registration and continental breakfast. The seminar will run from 8:15-10:15 a.m. The cost is $25 per person. Two hours of continuing education credits have been applied for Checks may be sent to: Metro NY Chapter of the Appraisal Institute, 60 East 42nd St., Suite 1166, New York, NY 10165. For additional information and registration, phone (866) 966-3710 or e-mail to metronyai@aol.com.