IOREBA Cruise
Oct. 1: The Industrial and Office Real Estate Brokers Association of the New York Metropolitan Area will set sail from Lincoln Harbor in Weehawken aboard the “Festiva” for its annual dinner cruise event. Boarding will begin at 7 p.m., and the Festiva will cruise the Hudson River from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Participants will enjoy a buffet dinner and unlimited beer, wine and soda. Visit www.ioreba.com to register for the dinner cruise at a fee of $125 for members and $150 for non-members. No walk-ins will be accepted. Reservations must be made by Sept. 24.
NRC Event
Oct. 2: Oktoberfest [A special event for NRC members only] will be held at the Williams Club, 24 East 39th Street. For more details, call 212-551-1013 or email to nationalrealtyclub@gmail.com.
HIS Golf Classic
Oct. 2: Join Housing and Services Inc. for a casual, fun-filled day of golf, prizes, auctions, raffles and delicious food at the course where Bobby Jones won his first US Open, Inwood Country Club, Peppe Dr., Inwood, NY 11096. Proceeds will support HSI's mission to rebuild lives through supportive housing. RSVP to Wren Longno at 212-252-9377 extension 123 or wlongno@hsi-ny.org. To see Inwood's official website go to http://www.inwoodcc.org.
TICA Conference
Oct. 5 to 7: The Tenant-In-Common Association (TICA) will hold its 5th annual conference, at The Wynn in Las Vegas, Nevada. This event brings more than 1,200 of the leading registered representatives, broker-dealers, sponsors, attorneys, CPAs, real estate professionals and investment professionals interested in tenant-in-common (TIC) transactions together to network and learn the latest trends in the TIC industry. For more information or to register for the conference, go to www.ticassoc.org or call 317-663-4175.
NRC Lunch
Oct. 6: Richard Mack, Apollo Real Estate Advisors, LP will host the luncheon at noon at the Williams Club, 24 East 39th Street. For more details, call 212-551-1013 or email to nationalrealtyclub@gmail.com.
Speedy Open House
Oct. 7: Who said it ain't easy being green? Come visit and network at Sir Speedy Printing and Marketing Services in their new home at 75 State Street, Westbury, NY from 5 to 8 p.m. Cost TBA. Visit www.smpsli.org for additional details and program registration.
AREW Luncheon
Oct. 7: The Association of Real Estate Women will begin its 2008-09 season of monthly luncheons with a behind-the-scenes look at the fall of, and life after, Bear Stearns. Guest speaker for the program, entitled “Lions, Tigers and Bear Markets” will be J. Christopher Hoeffel, managing director, JPMorgan Chase and president of the Commercial Mortgage Securities Association. Mr. Hoeffel is the former global co-head of Bear Stearns’ Commercial Mortgage Department. The luncheon, to be held at Club 101, 101 Park Ave., is being co-hosted with the Financial Women’s Association. Networking begins at 11:30 a.m. followed by the luncheon and program from 12:30 to 2 p.m. There is no charge for AREW members. Cost for non-members is $130. Reservations may be made at www.arew.org.
IREM Luncheon
Oct. 8: The Greater NY Chapter of the Institute of Real Estate Management will host their monthly luncheon meeting at the New York Helmsley Hotel, 212 East 42nd Street, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The featured keynote speaker will be Anthony Malkin, President of W&M Properties. The title of his talk will be “Today's leasing, transaction, and capital markets. Where have we been, where are we, where are we going.” A complimentary networking cocktail hour will be sponsored by American Pipe & Tank Lining Co., Inc. The cost to attend the luncheon is $65 for members and $130 for non-members. To register or for additional information call 212.944.9445.
NYBC Breakfast
Oct. 14: The New York Building Congress hosts a Construction Industry Breakfast Forum focusing on the Building Congress research report, New York City Construction Outlook 2008-2010, which will be released at the forum. Registration and reception at 8 a.m., breakfast and program begin at 8:30, Hilton New York, 1335 Avenue of the Americas, Mercury Ballroom. Fee: $75 NYBC members; $140 for non-members. Non-members who join the Building Congress prior to the Forum receive complimentary admission. Reserved tables of 10 are available. For reservations visit www.buildingcongress.com.
CIBS Panel
Oct. 14: A foursome of Long Island’s newest developers/owners will speak at a meeting of the Commercial Industrial Brokers Society of Long Island. CIBS president Ray Ruiz will moderate the discussion, which will be held at the Lower Level Auditorium at RexCorp Executive Park, 58 S. Service Rd., Melville. Continental breakfast will be served beginning at 8 a.m. followed by the program at 8:30 a.m. The program is expected to end at 9:45 a.m. There is no charge for CIBS members and associate members to attend. The cost for nonmembers and guests is $25. For reservations and information about the event, email: cibsre@aol.com.
CHIP Seminar
Oct 14: The Community Housing and Improvement Program (CHIP) will hold a seminar “How to Comply with Rules on Renting to Section 8 Tenants,” from 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 42 West 44th Street, New York, NY. The seminar is free for CHIP members; $50 for nonmembers. To register, call the CHIP office at 212-838-7442, e-mail RSVP@chipnyc.org, or register online at www.chipnyc.org. If you’re paying by check, send your check, made payable to CHIP, to 377 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10013.
ABO Luncheon
Oct. 15: Associated Builders and Owners of Greater New York will host a luncheon at 12 p.m. at the National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South, Manhattan. District Attorney for Kings County, Honorable Joseph Hynes, will keynote and speak on his gun buyback initiative. Members: $65 per person, non members: $85. Contact associatedbuilders@abogny.com or call 212-385-4949.
NRC Breakfast
Oct. 15: Members only business-builder breakfast at 8:30 a.m. at the Williams Club, 24 East 39th Street. For more details, call 212-551-1013 or email to nationalrealtyclub@gmail.com.
History Makers Gala
Oct. 15: The New-York Historical Society's annual History Makers Gala will be held at 6 p.m. and will honor Robert A. Caro, Jack Rudin and the Rudin family. Our gala evening will also be an opportunity for guests to preview the exhibition Grant and Lee in War and Peace. The 2008 History Makers Gala will contribute support to N-YHS's exhibitions and education initiatives. Ticket prices begin at $1,000, and tables for 10 begin at $10,000. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 212-972-2268.
Special Olympics
Oct. 15: Special Olympics New York will hold its 9th Annual Real Estate & Construction Gala to benefit the organization’s programs for children and adults with intellectual disabilities at Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers. This year’s honorees are Joanne M. Minieri, president and chief operating officer of Forest City Ratner Companies, the New York City subsidiary of Forest City Enterprises, and Ted Moudis, AIA, senior principal and founding partner of Ted Moudis Associates. The Gala begins with a cocktail reception at 6 p.m., followed by dinner and a program. Tickets are $750 per person; tables start at $5,000. Sponsorship opportunities, which are still available, range from $5,000 to $50,000. For more information, contact: Sandra Toussaint-Burgher at 212-661-5217 ext. 19 or Stburgher@nyso.org.
Museum Panel
Oct. 16: The Skyscraper Museum and The Regional Plan Association will be hosting “Learning from Hong Kong” from 3 to 5:30 p.m. at 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza, 60th Floor. This program will examine Hong Kong's extreme density and development model of transit and towers and asks: What can New York learn? This event is free of charge. More information can be found at: http://www.skyscraper.org/WHAT%27S_UP/CURRENT/programs.htm
SMPS Seminar
Oct. 16: Find out how to implement and leverage the InDesign/InCopy workflow for competitive advantage on your proposals at “Marketing Tool Series: Collaborative Publishing Workflow” from 6 to 8 p.m. at Dvirka & Bartilucci Consulting Engineers
330 Crossways Park Drive, Woodbury, NY. Free for members - $50 non-members. Visit www.smpsli.org for additional details and program registration.
Museum Panel
Oct. 17: The Skyscraper Museum will be hosting a panel titled “Debating Density” from 2 to 5:30 p.m. at the Tishman Auditorium, The New School: 66 W. 12th St., 1st Floor, Room 106. Hong Kong and New York leaders from development, design and government will discuss the private and public infrastructures that allow the city to function at its extreme levels of density. Topics to be covered: Housing 7 Million @ 250 Units an Acre, Hong Kong's Mansions Harbor, Heritage and Hong Kong's Future, Sustainable Solutions. This event is free of charge. More information can be found at: http://www.skyscraper.org/WHAT%27S_UP/CURRENT/programs.htm
Bronx Tour
Oct. 18: From Burning to Blooming: Community-Driven Projects in the Bronx Walking Tour from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Meeting location will be given upon registration. Founder and executive director of Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice and winner of this year’s Jane Jacobs Medal for New Ideas and Activism Alexie Torres-Fleming, will lead this tour of several of her organization’s successful organizing efforts, including: the restoration of Concrete Plant Park. $12 MAS members/students, $15 non-members. Purchase tickets at www.mas.org/tours or call 212-935-2075.
Museum Panel
Oct. 18: Designing Density: Theory and Practice will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. (2.5 CEUs available) at the Tishman Auditorium, The New School: 66 West 12th Street, 1st Floor, Room 106. An afternoon of discussion among academics and architects examines concepts of density and extreme urbanism in theory and practice. This event is free of charge. More information can be found at: http://www.skyscraper.org/WHAT%27S_UP/CURRENT/programs.htm
NRC Luncheon
Oct. 21: James J. Periconi, Esq., Periconi LLC, will discuss “Real Estate and the Environment: Hot Topics from Brownfields to Vapor Intrusion” at noon at the Williams Club, 24 East 39th Street. For more details, call 212-551-1013 or email to nationalrealtyclub@gmail.com.
NYU Classes
Oct. 21 to 23: The NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate is offering an approved 22.5-hour continuing education course, titled “New York Landlord Tenant Law.” This class fulfills the continuing education requirement for all New York State real estate licensees and is being offered on three consecutive days, Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday, meeting from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. In this 22.5-hour course, you will learn the rights, obligations, and liabilities of owners and occupants and find out how to analyze lease provisions of rent-regulated apartments and commercial properties. This class will be presented at the Midtown Center, 11 West 42nd Street, 4th floor. For more information, call Sal Gulino at 212/992-3305 or email sg7@nyu.edu
AREW Seminar
Oct. 21: The Association of Real Estate Women will host a seminar on a timely topic in a real estate market that is undergoing profound change. The “Transitioning Careers in a Changing Marketplace” seminar will feature three industry leaders who will share their experiences and wisdom about career transitions. The seminar will begin at 8 a.m. at the Citicorp Center offices of Jones Lang LaSalle, 153 East 53rd Street. Cost is $25 for AREW members and $35 for non-members. To register for this event and for more information about AREW: www.arew.org; (212) 599-6181; info@arew.org.
Penthouse Forum
Oct. 23: The Young Development Group, an affiliate of B’nai B’rith Real Estate, will hold its second Penthouse Forum from 6:30 to 9 p.m., at The Setai, New York, at 40 Broad Street. Guests will hear first-hand from David Amirian, director of development, Zamir Equities, who is building The Setai, New York, a 34-story condominium with amenities modeled after Miami’s celebrated Setai Hotel in South Beach. The evening will include site tours, music and entertainment. Admission is $35 in advance and $40 at the door. Space is limited. Guests should reserve by e-mailing youngdevelopmentgroup@gmail.com.
ULI Forum
Oct. 27 to 30: Real Estate, capital markets, the economy, climate change, demographic trends, politics and land use: ULI’S 2008 fall meeting covers it all. This year, with the uncertain economy as the backdrop, the insights from economists, analysts, demographers, political observers and industry practitioners are certain to prove more insightful and more meaningful than ever at the event to be held at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach. For more information and to register, visit www.ulireg08.com.
NRC Party
Oct. 29: Cocktail party at 5:30 p.m. at noon at the Williams Club, 24 East 39th Street. For more details, call 212-551-1013 or email to nationalrealtyclub@gmail.com.
CANstruction Gala
Oct. 30: SMPS CANstruction® Long Island is a design/build competition where teams of architects, engineers, contractors and students put a visual spotlight on hunger while showcasing structures made solely from cans of food, ingenuity and teamwork. All cans will eventually be donated to Long Island Cares, Inc./The Harry Chapin Food Bank. Exhibit will remain open to the public Oct. 31 through Nov. 12. One can of food is requested for admission. The gala will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. at RexCorp Plaza – Wintergarden, 1 RexCorp Plaza (corner of Glen Curtiss Blvd & Hempstead Tpke), Uniondale, NY. Cost TBA. Visit www.smpsli.org for additional details and program registration.
PWC Trade Show
Oct. 31: Professional Women in Construction presents The BIG Show - Trade Show & Professional Recruitment Fair from, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at The Roosevelt Hotel, Madison Avenue & 45th Street, NYC. Honored guests include industry leaders and government officials. Exhibit tables and Recruitment tables are available. General admission: $35. No charge for employment candidates (pre-registration is necessary - recent grads and seasoned pros are welcome.) For information and registration, contact PWC at 212.486-7745 or pwc@pwcusa.org or www.pwcusa.org.
Nov. 3: The New Jersey Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties will honor its volunteers at the Fourth Annual President’s Awards Dinner at the Palace in Somerset, N.J. Richard Marchisio of Grubb & Ellis, NJ-NAIOP’s Vice President Associate Affairs, will serve as emcee for this very special evening. The event will begin at 4:30 p.m. with a networking cocktail reception. The dinner speaker will be former New Jersey Devils left wing Rob Skrlac. The awards program will conclude by 7:30 p.m., followed by a cordials bar sponsored by Jim Petrucci of J.G. Petrucci Co., Inc. Online registration is available at www.njnaiop.org. The cost is $145 per member or employee of a member firm, and $195 per non-member.
MAS Panel
Nov. 5: Housing New Yorkers in the 21st-Century will take place from 6:30 to 8 p.m. with a reception to follow. Location: New York University Law School, Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South. How can planners, architects, city officials, and developers work with local residents to provide homes that are affordable and sustainable? What role do the dense, mixed-income neighborhoods that Jacobs favored play in creating a strong sense of community? $12 MAS members/students, $15. non-members. Purchase tickets at www.mas.org/programs or call 212-935-2075.
SoBRO Gala
Nov. 12: The 36th SoBRO Anniversary Gala and Silent Auction will take place at the New York Hilton Hotel, 1335 Avenue of the Americas with a cocktail reception at 6:30 p.m. followed by a silent auction of jewelry, arts and celebrity sports packages; dinner and awards presentation at 7:30 and dancing to the sounds of The Bartlett Contemporaries. The event benefits SoBRO’s youth and adult educational programs. Tables of ten are $35,000, $20,000, $10,000 and $5,000. Individual tickets $1,000 and $500. Contact: Joanne Hill I Development Director, 555 Bergen Avenue Bronx, NY 10455 P: 718.723.7524 E: jhill@sobro.org For more information go to www.sobro.org.
MBA Seminar
Nov. 20: MBA of NY will host is Fall Educational Breakfast Seminar at Club 101, 101 Park Ave, from 8 to 10 a.m. For more info visit www.mbany.org/events. To register, sponsor this event or inquire about membership visit www.mbany.org or call 516 997-3707.
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