"He's batting a thousand," says Real Estate Board of New York executive vice president Deborah Beck. "For one thing, he's come in with a businessman's action-oriented agenda, and that's exactly what the city needs in this moment in its history.

"He's not basing his actions in his political future," she continues, "but in a businessman's need to succeed in whatever venture he enters into. That is critical to the success of Lower Manhattan, the social problems, the budget."

"He's bringing a CEO's decision-making style to the office of the Mayor," says Cushman & Wakefield US operations president Bruce M. Mosler. "The appointment of [Deputy Mayor Daniel] Doctoroff in simple terms was the best decision he's made."

Insignia/ESG chairman and CEO Stephen B. Siegel is equally "impressed--with the whole administration, Doctoroff, and everyone." While it's easy to pass off the early acclaim to the newness of the administration, Siegel counters that not all mayors have hit the ground running. "We've had mayors who had no honeymoon period at all," he states. "Bloomberg is focused and energized."

"He's bright and he knows what he has to do to get stuff done," agrees Newmark & Co. Real Estate Inc. vice chairman and CEO Barry M. Gosin. "He's a businessman who knows his limitations. He's got government people who know how to work around the bureaucracy. And he's on his way to balancing the budget."

While Gosin admits that Bloomberg's media empire is a Newmark client, he states that his "incredible faith that he will create a city that works," would not change if Bloomberg had gone elsewhere. "An environment that is friendly toward business will be attractive to real estate," he concludes.

The group even dared to put him up against former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who's status achieved superstar levels in the days after Sept. 11. "His presence will be felt as strongly as Giuliani's," Mosler says, "and his presence will always be felt Downtown by virtue of Doctoroff and the other members" of the redevelopment committee.

"These are men with very different goals," states Beck. "Giuliani emerged as a successful leader in the aftermath of Sept. 11, and that's the memory we hold dear, but before that it was a mixed situation. There are also stylistic differences, and [Bloomberg] and Gov. Pataki have a unique way of working in concert. Only through that kind of teamwork will the city be treated as we need to be treated by the Federal government."

"Giuliani was the mayor for his time," concludes Gosin. "Bloomberg is the mayor for our time."