REPI holds Annual Fall Luncheon featuring Albanese of the Albanese Organization

John Gutleber, chairman of the Real Estate Practitioners Institute (REPI) at C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, recently welcomed everyone to the organization's Annual Fall Luncheon and introduced the featured speaker of the day, Russell Albanese, president of the Albanese Organization, Inc. a real estate development, investment and management company with eminent credentials in the field of green development. Albanese's talk was entitled "Dollars and Cents: the Value of Green Development." Dr. David Steinberg, president of Long Island University spoke briefly about the valuable work of the Real Estate Practitioners Institute and its Land Use Program. Daniel Gulizio, director of REPI's Land Use Program addressed attendees about "Introduction to Planning," the course that analyzes the evolving pattern of land development in the United States and the Region, provides historical perspective on the origin and value of planning and gives an overview of the planning profession and the planning process. The luncheon was a huge success with a packed house on hand to gain knowledge about green development from Albanese and about REPI's Land Use Program from Gulizio.