BMAR to hold 85th Annual Banquet on April 23, 2009

The Banquet Committee unanimously selected the 85th Annual Award Recipients to be recognized at the formal event scheduled for April 23, 2009. This major networking event will be held at the elegant Marina del Rey Caterers on the water's edge with an extraordinary view of both the Whitestone and Throgs Neck Bridges in the Bronx, New York. The Annual Banquet of the Bronx-Manhattan North Association of Realtors (BMAR) is a black tie function and a well known industry networking event for professionals active in the business and real estate community. The association unites the real estate industry and business community by bringing together hundreds of members, companies, and friends from throughout the New York metropolitan region to network and renew old friendships. An impressive group of industry business and elected officials will be in attendance as Dais Guests. Networking Cocktail Hour begins at 5:30 p.m. followed by the program and formal dinner at 7 p.m. Sponsorships and journal advertising opportunities are available. William Schur, Banquet Committee chairperson announced the 85th Annual Banquet Award recipients. They are: Elias Karmon, Distinguished Service Award posthumously presented; James Alston, Community Service Award, McCall's Bronxwood Funeral Home; Kathy Zamechansky, Realtor of the Year Award, KZA Friedland Realty Consulting Services; Richard Guarino, Realtor Associate of the Year, Extreme Realty LLC; Michael Berr, Affiliate Member of the Year Award, Goodhart National Gorman Agency; and Michael Kesselman, Institutional Member of the Year Award, Meridian Capital Group LLC. Prior speakers included: NYC comptroller William Thompson, Jr.; NYC Police commissioner Raymond Kelly; mayor Michael Bloomberg; mayor Rudolph Giuliani; former first lady and senator of the U.S. Hillary Clinton; congressman Charles Schumer now senator; governor Nelson Rockefeller; U.S. senator Jacob Javitz; mayor John Lindsay; secretary of state hon. Randy Daniels; U.S. attorney general Robert Kennedy; Bronx borough president Adolfo Carrión; and Sandy Treadwell, secretary of state for New York. Top leadership of the National Association of Realtors with over 1.2 million members and other distinguished guests attend this major industry event each year. Prior celebrity guests have also included Dominic Chianese "Uncle Junior" of the Sopranos." The Annual Banquet also recognizes members for their years of service to the organization. They are: 40 Year Member Awards: Floyd Cooper, Cooper Group & Associates, Inc. and Jacqueline Kall, Port of Kall Realty Ltd.; 35 Year Member Awards: Richard Goodman, Goodman Management Co., Inc.; and Eric Sterling, Sterling Appraisals Associates, Inc. 30 Year Member Award: Eugene Reisman, Novick, Edelstein, Reisman, Lubell, Wasserman, & Leventhal, P.C. 25 Year Member Award: Nicholas Chimienti, Chimienti Realty Corp. Formal invitations for the 85th Annual Banquet will be mailed soon. There are discounts for advanced paid reservations. For reservations or more information on the 85th Annual Banquet, please contact Janine Schall at (718) 892-3000, (212) 242-4343 or email: [email protected]. BMAR has a rich history of facilitating networking and enhancing business relationships. This fact is very evident since many of our members are 3rd or 4th generation of active companies in the organization. They know that cultivating long term business is a worthwhile goal that keeps paying off. Keeping your company product or service highly visible is easy with five annual publications including the Realtor Professional Edge Monthly Newsletter. Circulation of the Newsletter via email is now over 10,000 companies and professionals throughout the New York City area. I highly recommend that professionals looking to maintain or establish new business contacts attend one of four major networking events such as the 85th Annual Banquet on April 23, 2009; the 74th Annual Golf & Tennis Outing on June 29, 2009 at the Fresh Meadow Country Club, Lake Success, N.Y.; the 8th Annual Real Estate Trade Show scheduled for October 28, 2009; or the 25th Annual Holiday Part on December 3, 2009 at the Marina del Rey Caterers. BMAR is a professional trade association officially representing the real estate industry since 1924 and is the local chapter for the New York State and National Association of Realtors. Membership is composed of a broad base of professionals including licensed real estate brokers and agents; multi-dwelling property owners; building service vendors and suppliers; unlicensed property managers; attorneys; appraisers; banks; mortgage companies; fuel service and energy companies; title and abstract companies; insurance companies and insurance brokers; contractors and other companies servicing the real estate industry. Nunzio Del Greco, RCE, is the CEO of the Bronx-Manhattan North Association of Realtors, Bronx, N.Y.