NEW YORK CITY— The buzzworthy night of the Real Estate Board of New York's 123rd Annual Banquet continues to add momentum to deals in the new year.

What was most memorable about 2018? Compare notes with guests at the largest real estate networking event in New York City. Some of the most well known people in the industry stopped by to talk about real estate's future.

REBNY's chairman Bill Rudin, the CEO and co-chairman of Rudin Management Company, shares the trade association's goals for 2019. CBRE's CEO of the New York Tri-State region Mary Ann Tighe; Cushman & Wakefield's chairman of global brokerage Bruce Mosler, and New York Tri-State region president John Santora say what has caught their attention. Plus, people whose moves made headlines and other real estate pros say where they think opportunities will grow.

Co-founder and CEO of Knotel Amol Sarva predicts it's not going to be business as usual. He references Sam Zell's efforts to exit real estate in discussing what's around the corner. Watch our GlobeSt.com video to catch some of the action of evening—as well as in the year ahead.

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Betsy Kim

Betsy Kim was the bureau chief, East Coast, and New York City reporter for Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com. As a lawyer and journalist, Betsy has worked as the director of editorial and content for LexisNexis Lawyers.com, a TV/multi-media journalist for NBC and CBS affiliated TV stations in the Midwest, and an associate producer at Court TV.