About 200 retail real estate specialists gathered at 101 Park Avenue’s 101 Club last Tuesday for the Real Estate Board of New York’s 15th annual Retail Deal of the Year Awards cocktail party.
Brokers flocked to a bountiful buffet and an open bar with generous pours. In a lonely corner, an ignored PowerPoint presentation summarized the nominees. Here’s what went down as the assembled waited to hear which of the nine submitted transactions would take home the evening’s two big honors.
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Barrett Friedman, Chase Welles, David Lapierre, Gordon Pelavin, Jacqueline Klinger, Jeffrey Roseman, Joanne Podell, LANSCO, Mael Mitterrand, Robin Abrams, Steven Spinola, CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield, Durst Organization, H&M, JLL, murray hill properties, Newmark, Real Estate Board of New York, SCG Retail, Whole Foods Market