Red Carpet Reports at REBNY’s 2026 Gala

It doesn’t seem like the cold freeze of January has stopped New York City’s real estate elite from making hot deals. Top executives lined the red carpet at the Waldorf Astoria on Jan. 22 at the Real Estate Board of New York’s annual gala, where our Editor-in-Chief Max Gross got the latest scoop on what real estate leaders want to see from new Mayor Zohran Mamdani, their opinions on data center investment and the Federal Reserve, and (maybe most importantly) their New York City real estate heroes.