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NYC Construction & Real Estate Industry Group sponsors Tunnel to Towers event

Shown (from left) are: Jack Oehm, retired FDNY Battalion chief; Ronald Zeccardi, Cresa;
James Pirot, Cresa; Robert Mulligan, retired FDNY lieutenant; Jim Pirot, FDNY lieutenant;
and Peter Wright, retired FDNY captain.

Manhattan, NY More than 300 members of the commercial real estate and construction industries gathered at Red Eye Grill in Midtown for the third annual Building Better for the Tunnel to Towers Foundation (T2T) event sponsored by the NYC Construction & Real Estate Industry Group, led by Cresa managing principals James Pirot and Peter Sabesan and senior vice president Ronald Zeccardi.

The benefit featured Fox News anchor Natasha Verma as the evening’s emcee, U.S. Army troop members stationed in Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island, and T2T founding board member retired FDNY Battalion chief Jack Oehm.

Pirot said, “We are grateful for the generous support of our CRE community whose commitment to America’s heroes remains unwavering!”

Founded in 2002, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation has funded more than $250 million for programs helping disabled first responders and veterans, and the families of those who lost their lives in the line of duty.

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