IN PICTURES: REBNY members luncheon

Investment, affordable housing, predictions for tenant classes and industry sectors, and the national election’s impact on the real estate market in New York City were topics of discussion at the Real Estate Board of New York’s (REBNY) Members’ Luncheon held on November 10, 2016 at the New York Hilton Midtown. Moderated by Seth Pinsky, Executive Vice President, Fund Manager for Metro Emerging Markets and Public Affairs Director for RXR Realty, the discussion titled “New Opportunities and Challenges in Today’s Market” featured panelists Charlie R. Bendit, Co-CEO of Taconic Investment Partners, LLC; Leslie Himmel, Partner at Himmel + Meringoff Properties; and Kevin Hoo, Founder and Managing Partner of Cove Property Group. The Members’ Luncheon was sponsored by Donald Zucker Company, Tishman Speyer, Jack Resnick & Sons, Inc. and HJ Kalikow & Co., LLC.

Matthew Weir, Spencer Pariser, Peter Febo, Dan McInerney, Maxwell Mastrella, and Benjamin Baccash of Taconic Investment Partners

Joseph Barbaccia, REBNY; Inbal Himelblau-Denman, Meridian Investment Sales; Ellen Israel, JRT Realty Group

Michael D. Morici, Morici & Morici LLP; Jay Kreisberg and Earle S. Altman, ABS Partners Real Estate, LLC

William Golden and Gary M. Ceder, Cushman & Wakefield

Andrea Himmel, Tierra Resource Partners, LLC; Ellen Israel, JRT Realty Group; Leslie Harwood, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank; Jaqueline (Jacky) Teplitzky, Douglas Elliman

Robert Morici and Michael D. Morici, Jr., Morici & Morici LLP; Josh Simon, EBI Consulting

Yingying Zhu and Marianne Perry, Cove Property Group

Corinne Pulitzer, Steven James, Doug Williford, Paul Bologna, Nan MarElia, Lisa Martinez, and Dora Abril of Douglas Elliman

Leslie Harwood, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank; Debra Cole, HLW International

Michael J. Adamo, Rose Associates; Jeffrey C. Moroch, Scott A. Singer, and Andrew J. Singer, The Singer & Bassuk Organization; J. Brian Peters, Rose Associates

Ryan Pressley, Chris Gregg, and Roland Cablayan of Bank Leumi; Maria Kastanis, JP Morgan Chase & Co.

Joel Herskowitz, Lee & Associates NYC; Mark F. Lauzon and John C. Santora, Cushman & Wakefield

Charlotte Sturgis, Rose Associates; Natalia Mosktna and Amy Applebaum, JP Morgan Chase & Co.

Winston Fisher, Fisher Brothers; Chris Abbenda, Savills Studley; Bill Montana, Savills Studley

Ellen Israel, JRT Realty Group; Richard Eaddy, Savills Studley

Jonathan Mechanic, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP; Steven J. Pozycki, SJP Properties; John C. Santora, Cushman & Wakefield; Jeffrey M. Schotz, SJP Properties

Panelist Kevin Hoo, Founder and Managing Partner of Cove Property Group

Panelist Leslie Himmel, Partner at Himmel + Meringoff Properties

Panelist Charlie R. Bendit, Co-CEO of Taconic Investment Partners, LLC

Moderator Seth Pinsky, Executive Vice President, Fund Manager for Metro Emerging Markets and Public Affairs Director for RXR Realty

Aerial view of the Members’ Luncheon sponsored by Donald Zucker Company, Tishman Speyer, Jack Resnick & Sons, Inc. and HJ Kalikow & Co., LLC

Panelists Charlie R. Bendit, Co-CEO of Taconic Investment Partners, LLC; Leslie Himmel, Partner at Himmel + Meringoff Properties; and Kevin Hoo, Founder and Managing Partner of Cove Property Group

Panelist Charlie R. Bendit, Co-CEO of Taconic Investment Partners, LLC; moderator Seth Pinsky, Executive Vice President, Fund Manager for Metro Emerging Markets and Public Affairs Director for RXR Realty; Kevin Wang, KRW Realty Advisors, Chair of REBNY’s General Meetings Committee; panelist Leslie Himmel, Partner at Himmel + Meringoff Properties; and panelist Kevin Hoo, Founder and Managing Partner of Cove Property Group