2011 Annual Luncheon

Thank you so much to everyone who attended our 52nd Annual Luncheon and made it such an incredible success.

At the Marriott Marquis Times Square, on Thursday, April 14, 2011, 800 industry leaders from development, banking, law, architecture, planners, government, and academia came together to network, eat lunch and celebrate inspiring people and projects that are creating New Ideas for a New Decade; including the Arker Companies, the Hudson River Park Trust, GS Urban Investment Group, C. Virginia Fields and Artimus Construction.

Our line-up also included special remarks by both of the new Commissioners of the Department of Housing Preservation & Development, Mathew Wambua, and the Division of Housing & Community Renewal, Darryl Towns.

AWARDEES

Impact Award for Excellence in Housing
THE ARKER COMPANIES
Sol Arker
Allan Arker
Alex Arker
Daniel Moritz

Impact Award for Community Investment
GOLDMAN SACHS URBAN INVESTMENT GROUP
Alicia Glen, Managing Director

Ibo Balton Community Planner Award
MARIAN ZUCKER
President, Office of Finance & Development, NYS Homes & Community Renewal

Impact Award for Excellence in Planning
ROBERT EZRAPOUR
Robert Ezrapour, Principal, Artimus Construstion
C. VIRGINIA FIELDS
President & CEO, NBLCA and Former Manhattan Borough President

Roger Starr Public Service Award and Special Remarks
THE HUDSON RIVER PARK TRUST
Diana Taylor, Chair
Connie Fishman, Former President & CEO
Noreen Doyle, Acting President