Everyone loves to hate trade shows. Too much time away from the office. Too many salesmen if you are a buyer and not enough buyers if you are a seller. Sore feet. Not very good food.

Why is BuildingsNY different from all other real estate shows in New York?

It’s the biggest. It has the most exhibitors, the most seminars, the most attendees, and the most value for real estate professionals in New York.

By Liana Grey
On a Friday afternoon eight years ago, Isaac Katan, founder of the Brooklyn-based firm, Global Developments, got a call from a friend with major news: the iconic Domino sugar refining plant near the Williamsburg Bridge had just shut down, and was about to be put up for sale. “He told me I had 48-hours to tie up a deal before it went on the market,” Katan recalled. Having developed both affordable housing and market-rate condos in Brooklyn for the past 25 years, Katan had long been aware of the one million square feet site’s potential to transform the Williamsburg waterfront into a luxury destination, with upscale shops, rental units, and a landscaped park.