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Caption: A panel of experts presented a comprehensive view of
Business Improvement Districts operating in New York City--with special
emphasis on how they benefit the real estate markets and business
communities in which they are located--at the recent meeting
of the New
York District Council of Urban Land Institute. Speaker's included
(l-r) Carl Weisbrod (President, Alliance for Downtown New York), Robert
W. Walsh (Commissioner, NYC Department of Small Business Services),
Lynne B. Sagalyn (Professor, Real Estate Development & Planning at
the University of Pennsylvania), Daniel Biederman (President, 34th
Street Partnetship; and President, Bryant Park Restoration Corp.), Kevin
M. Fogel (Member, ULI--NY Program Committee, and President of KMF
Property Group, Inc.), David Brause (Chair, Queens Plaza / Court Square
Business Improvement District, and Vice President of Brause Realty.