City real estate pros schmooze it up during parties at ICSC: PHOTOS
May 22, 2012 06:00PM
By Adam Pincus
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From left: Barry Gosin, CEO at Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, and Jonathan Adelsberg, partner and co-chair, commercial leasing department at Herrick Feinstein at the Newmark Grubb Knight Frank booth at ICSC
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From left: Jeff Fishman, Executive Vice President, Robert K. Futterman & Associates and Marc Kemp, principal at Basser Kaufman at the Robert K. Futterman & Associates booth at ICSC
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From left: David LaPierre, executive vice president, Global Retail Services Team at CBRE Group and Sherri White, senior vice president at Vornado Realty Trust
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From left: Liz McLay of Brookfield Properties, Ltd., Mitch Rudin, president and chief executive officer, U.S. Commercial Operations at Brookfield Office Properties and Mary Tsionas of Brookfield Properties, Ltd. at an ICSC panel
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From left: Robert K. Futterman, CEO of Robert K. Futterman & Associates, Bruce Spiegel, senior managing director of commercial and retail leasing at Rose Associates, Amy Rose, co-president at Rose Associates and Harvey Spevak, president and CEO at Equinox
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From left: Stu Morden, senior managing director at Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, Frank DiMucci, president at DiMucci Partners and Jeffrey Roseman, executive vice president, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank Retail at Newmark Grubb Knight Frank's booth at ICSC
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Joanne Podell, executive vice president of retail at Cushman & Wakefield at the Cushman & Wakefield party, poolside at the Four Seasons
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From left: Michael Fascitelli, CEO Vornado Realty Trust and Sherri White, senior vice president at Vornado Realty Trust at the Marquee Nightclub at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas hotel
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From left: Paul Massey, CEO Massey Knakal Realty Services and Robert Knakal, chairman, Massey Knakal Realty Services at the Massey Knakal party at Il Mulino New York at Caesars Palace
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From left: Dovi Lesches, partner at Empire Equities, Jonathan Krasner and Emily Rankin, real estate manager at Cash Store at the Cushman & Wakefield party, poolside at the Four Seasons
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Joseph Sitt, CEO of Thor Equities at the Thor Equities booth at ICSC
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From left: James Nelson, partner at Massey Knakal and Jason Muss, principal at Muss Development at the Massey Knakal party at Il Mulino New York at Caesars Palace
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From left: James Downey, executive director of Retail Services at Cushman & Wakefield, and Frederick Rainaldi, managing member, Beachland Consulting at the Cushman & Wakefield party, poolside at the Four Seasons
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From left: Haim Chera, principal at Crown Acquisitions and Moses Tawil at the Cushman & Wakefield party, poolside at the Four Seasons
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From left: Steven Baker, president, Winick Realty Group, Lori Shabtai, executive vice president, Winick Realty Group and Kenneth Hochhauser, executive vice president at Winick Realty Group at Winick Realty Group's booth at ICSC
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From left: Michael Fascitelli, CEO Vornado Realty Trust and Sherri White, senior vice president at Vornado Realty Trust at the Marquee Nightclub at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas hotel
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It’s become a cliche to say much of the deal making at the annual International Council of Shopping Centers retail bash RECon in Las Vegas takes place at the parties surrounding the convention, even if it’s true. To get a closer look, The Real Deal visited a handful of those gabfests, attended by dealmakers such as Vornado Realty Trust CEO Michael Fascitelli; Crown Acquisitions principal Haim Chera; and Robert Knakal, chairman of Massey Knakal Realty Services.
On Monday night, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank hosted a techo-pounding party at the Marquee Nightclub at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas hotel; Cushman & Wakefield held a more low-key affair poolside at the Four Seasons; and Massey Knakal hosted a small gathering at Il Mulino New York at Caesars Palace.
Earlier, on Sunday, The Real Deal attended the Shopping Center Group party at the packed Grand Ballroom of the Four Seasons.
Instead of finding the legendary bacchanals whispered of in real estate lore, The Real Deal discovered mostly traditional cocktail parties. Yet many were packed as brokers and landlords sought out their latest deals.
In addition, The Real Deal caught dealmakers — like Robert K. Futterman, CEO of Robert K. Futterman & Associates, and Lori Shabtai, executive vice president at Winick Realty Group, and landlords like Joseph Sitt, CEO of Thor Equities — walking the floors of the vast convention.
Today, organizers said they expect overall attendance for the four-day event, which ends tomorrow, to break 33,000. That’s up from last year, but off from the peak of more than 50,000 in 2007.
