The 1,000-plus energy gamers who braved the chilly to attend the Actual Property Board of New York’s annual gala Thursday evening had rather a lot to rejoice. Not solely did 2024 finish with a strong leasing surge, however REBNY’s office-visitation tally posted a post-pandemic file final month.
As tabulated by Placer.ai utilizing cell location knowledge at 350 Manhattan places, office-building visitations in December hit 72% of 2019 ranges, or 5 share factors greater than the earlier excessive mark set in June 2024. The December rely would have reached 82% with out the year-ending vacation week.
acquired the Bernard H. Mendik Lifetime Management Award ultimately week’s REBNY Gala. Jill Lotenberg/REBNY
The meet-greet-and-eat celebration moved from the stodgy Hilton ballroom to the ethereal, skyline-wrapped setting of the Glasshouse occasion house at twelfth Avenue and West forty seventh Avenue in 2022.
Mayor Eric Adams got here for cocktails and Gov. Kathy Hochul spoke earlier than the sit-down dinner.
These on the dais included CBRE govt managing editor Thomas Lloyd, Durst Group chairman Douglas Durst, Rudin co-executive chairman Invoice Rudin, Vornado Realty Belief president Michael Franco and US Rep. Ritchie Torres.
Honorees included RXR chairman Scott Rechler, who acquired the Harry B. Helmsley Distinguished New Yorker Award; Fried Frank actual property chairman Jonathan L Mechanic for the Bernard H. Mendik Lifetime Management Award; and Tishman Speyer senior managing director of worldwide exterior relations Michelle A. Adams for the Kenneth R. Gerrety Humanitarian Award.
“The event was awesome,” Mechanic stated. “I’ve been coming for 40 years and this was one of the best. Very upbeat mood. The speeches were recorded in video screens and you could actually hear them.”
