Last week, Fried Frank’s Land Use Practice, together with planning, engineering and design firm VHB, hosted a forum to discuss New York City’s “City of Yes” zoning amendments and how these transformative new rules are shaping projects and unlocking development opportunities in the City. With over 150 attendees from New York City’s real estate and development industry, the event included presentations from Fried Frank partners David Karnvosky, Zachary Bernstein, Wesley O’Brien and senior counsel Carol Rosenthal, as well as David Velez and Allison Ruddock from VHB. The presentations were followed by a panel discussion moderated by Fried Frank’s Zach Bernstein and included Sam Charney, principal of Charney Companies, and David West, partner with Hill West Architects.
Additionally, to kick-off the event, Dan Garodnick, Chairperson of the City Planning Commission, Barry Langer, Executive Vice President of Vornado Realty Trust, and David Quart, Real Estate Market Leader of VHB, gave opening remarks.
City Planning Commission Chairperson Dan Garodnick delivers opening remarks.
(L-R): Sujohn Sarkar, Managing Director of Asset Management at Trinity Wall Street; Zachary Bernstein, Partner at Fried Frank; and Jonathan Mechanic, Partner and Chairman of Fried Frank’s Real Estate Department.
Barry Langer, Executive Vice President of Vornado Realty Trust, gives opening remarks with an overview of the event’s agenda.
Fried Frank Partner Zach Bernstein moderates a panel discussion with David West, partner at Hill West Architects and Sam Charney, Developer for Charney Companies.
(L-R): David Quart, Real Estate Market Leader of VHB; City Planning Commission Chairperson Dan Garodnick; Jonathan Mechanic, Partner and Chairman of Fried Frank’s Real Estate Department and Tal Golomb, Partner at Fried Frank.
(L-R): Carol Rosenthal, Senior Counsel at Fried Frank, and Raffaela Dunne, Regional Institutional Market Director at VHB.
(L-R): Edward Yung, Tishman Realty; Luc Pan, Seven Valleys LLC; and Wesley O’Brien, Partner at Fried Frank
(L-R): Ashley Cotton, Principal at MAG Partners; Adam Greene, Senior Vice President of Development at RXR Realty; Susi Yu, Founding Partner at Bungalow Projects; Jeremy Kozin, Associate at Fried Frank.
(L-R): Michel Vines, Partner at Fried Frank; Lyndsley Ide, Director of Events at Fried Frank; Simon Burce, Executive Director at JPMorgan Chase & Co.
