TRD publisher Amir Korangy mingles with guests

Earlier this month, 1,400 people attended The Real Deal’s sixth annual forum addressing “The Road to Recovery.” Check out photos of people shmoozing during the networking portion of the event as well as the scene during the panel discussion and the Q & A with Sharif El-Gamal, chairman and CEO of Soho Properties and developer of the Park51 mosque and community center near Ground Zero. The panelists included hotelier Ian Schrager, CEO of the Ian Schrager Company; Daniel Tishman, chairman & CEO of Tishman Construction; Jeff Blau, president of Related Companies; Robert Knakal, chairman of Massey Knakal Realty Services; Howard Lorber, chairman of Prudential Douglas Elliman, and Diane Ramirez, president of Halstead Property. TRD

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“The road to recovery [for real estate] is just going to be a bit erratic,” said John Gomes of Core in the November video newsletter he does monthly with Core’s Frederik Eklund (see video above). The duo chatted about the market outside The Real Deal’s sixth annual forum, “The Road to Recovery,” earlier this month. Gomes and Eklund also head down to the Bowery and talk about their condominium unit listing at 195 Bowery, as well as the New Museum.

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Hotelier Ian Schrager, CEO of the Ian Schrager Company; Daniel Tishman, chairman & CEO of Tishman Construction; Jeff Blau, president of Related Companies; Robert Knakal, chairman of Massey Knakal Realty Services; Howard Lorber, chairman of Prudential Douglas Elliman, and Diane Ramirez, president of Halstead Property, batted around market issues in a panel discussion at [more]

At The Real Deal’s 6th Annual Forum at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall last Wednesday, Sharif El-Gamal, chairman and CEO of Manhattan-based real estate investment firm Soho Properties, fielded questions from The Real Deal’s Amir Korangy about his Park51 project. El-Gamal is the developer of Park51, a community center and Islamic prayer space planned two blocks from the World Trade Center site. This is the second in a three-part video series covering the forum, which included a panel discussion featuring some of the industry’s biggest players. See the [more]

Have a voice at The Real Deal’s sixth annual forum, “The Road to Recovery,” to be held tomorrow at Alice Tully Hall — Lincoln Center. Please submit a question for any of the panelists or the special guest in the comments section below. Panelists include Ian Schrager, chairman and CEO of Ian Schrager Company; Jeff Blau, president of Related Companies; Daniel Tishman, CEO of Tishman Construction; Robert Knakal, chairman of Massey Knakal Realty Services; Howard Lorber, chairman of Prudential Douglas Elliman; and Diane Ramirez, president of Halstead Property. Fox Business News anchor Brian Sullivan will be moderating the event. The event will open with a 15-minute question-and-answer period with special guest Sharif El-Gamal, chairman and CEO of Manhattan-based real estate investment firm Soho Properties, and developer of Park51, the proposed community center and Islamic prayer space in Lower Manhattan. Networking reception: 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Event: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Click on the link at the top of TheRealDeal.com to buy tickets. TRD

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Sharif El-Gamal

From the October issue: Sharif El-Gamal is the chairman and CEO of Manhattan-based real estate investment firm Soho Properties. But he’s now internationally known as the developer of Park51, a community center and Islamic prayer space planned two blocks from the World Trade Center site. The building — labeled the “ground zero mosque” by critics, a name that El-Gamal says is incorrect — has sparked a worldwide firestorm. In this month’s edition of “The Closing,” El-Gamal opens up about the Park51 controversy, receiving death threats and how he met his wife. (El-Gamal will be a special guest at The Real Deal’s sixth annual forum, “The Road to Recovery,” Wed., Oct. 13, 2010. Click here for more information.) [more]

Top row, from left: Nouriel Roubini, Pamela Liebman, Joseph Sitt; bottom row, from left: Mark Zandi, Dolly Lenz, Miki Naftali

The New York condo market has nearly bottomed out, the commercial market in the city hasn’t even “tasted the pain that’s about to come” and, despite years of controversy, Coney Island will get redeveloped. Those were just some of the arguments that panelists made last night at The Real Deal’s 5th Annual Forum at Lincoln Center. Leading economist Nouriel Roubini also said there may be a second wave of pain during the recession and noted that actual job losses are even worse than what unemployment numbers reveal because they don’t include the cutback in hours and wages that a lot of those who are still working have experienced. Roubini — who earned the nickname Dr. Doom for his early predictions of an economic crisis — said that “labor income is crashing” and that a double-dip “W” shaped recovery is possible. In addition to Roubini, panelists included powerbroker Dolly Lenz, the Corcoran Group CEO Pam Liebman, Coney Island developer Joe Sitt, Plaza developer Miki Naftali and Moody’s economist Mark Zandi. They spoke in front of a packed house of about 1,500 people at Alice Tully Hall, with Fox Business News anchor Brian Sullivan moderating.  More

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