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Fried Frank’s Melanie Meyers featured as guest panelist on WX NY Women Executives in Real Estate

Shown (from left) are: Panel moderator Anne Carson Blair of Park Tower; panelist Marian Klein Feldt of Park Tower; panelist Melanie Meyers and Jonathan Mechanic of Fried Frank; Gisele de Chabert of Rockefeller Group; panelist Mimi Raygorodetsky of Langan; panelist Maria Masi of Mill Creek; and panelist Meg Brod of Rockefeller Group.  

Manhattan, NY Fried Frank’s Melanie Meyers was a featured guest panelist on WX NY Women Executives in Real Estate’s most recent deal series, WX Does Deals: Greenpoint Landing.

The discussion highlighted the 22-acre development along the East River in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, which is being master-developed by Park Tower Group and involves joint-venture development partnerships with Brookfield Properties, Rockefeller Group and L&M Development Partners.

This WX NY members-only event offered an opportunity to learn about the history of this site – from lumber yard to sludge tanks to deal closings during COVID, all while coordinating with city, state and federal agencies. 

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