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Fried Frank Real Estate hosts annual holiday party
for New York's real estate community

Shown (from left) are: Jonathan Mechanic, chairman of Fried Frank’s Real Estate Department; Valerie Peltier, managing director of development at Tishman Speyer; and Bill Rudin, CEO and co-chairman of Rudin Management.
Shown (from left) are: Jennifer Yashar, partner at Fried Frank; Lisa Harris, head of Global Real Estate at Warner Brothers Discovery; Rachel Rittman, executive director finance Global Real Estate at Warner Brothers Discovery; Nicole Meyer, president of Kushner Companies; Anita Laremont, partner at Fried Frank; Roxanne Donovan, president of Great Ink Communications; Mary Ann Tighe, CEO of CBRE Group Inc.’s New York Tri-State Region; and Linda Lindman, senior VP & assistant general counsel of CBRE Group, Inc.

 

Manhattan, NY This year’s Fried Frank Real Estate Holiday Party welcomed more than 850 guests to Cipriani 42nd Street on December 5th. Hosted by Fried Frank’s market-leading Real Estate Department and Jonathan Mechanic, chairman of the firm’s Real Estate Department, the annual event brought New York’s real estate community and leaders together in celebration of the holiday season.

 

Photo credit goes to Michael Priest of Michael Priest Photography and Patrick Nugent and Geoff Hauschild of Camera 1.

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