October 30, 2018 | The Pierre Hotel

2018 Awards Benefit

2018 Awards Benefit: Celebrating Sonny Kalsi & 15 of NYC's Young Leaders

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2018 Honoree

About the Event

On October 30, 2018 SparkYouth NYC hosted its 2018 Awards Benefit at The Pierre. At the event we celebrated a Young Leader from each of our member programs and honored Champion for Youth, Sonny Kalsi, Co-Founder & Partner, BentallGreenOak. Proceeds from the Awards Benefit supported SparkYouth’s inspiring youth development member programs.

Underwriters & Champions

  • BentallGreenOak

  • Gary Foundation

  • Highgate

  • Michelle & Sonny Kalsi

  • Carol & Robert Lapidus

  • L&L Holding Company, LLC

Benefactors

  • Lucas Atkins, Raymond James Ltd.

  • Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, LLP

  • Matt Galligan, CIT

  • Sylvie & Lee Millstein

  • Mirna & Fares Noujaim

  • Thierry Porté

Sponsors

  • Ed Adler, BentallGreenOak

  • Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

  • Alliance Building Services

  • AmTrust Title

  • Rachel Bachner & David Godbout / Meredith Jenkins

  • Simon Brown • Matt LeBaron, LeBaronBrown Industries

  • Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.

  • Dean Dakolias • Steven Stuart, Fortress

  • First American Title Insurance Company

  • Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

  • Martin Gjelaj, ABM Industry Groups, LLC

  • Marina & John Hanisch

  • Haynes and Boone, LLP

  • Kenneth S. Horn, Alchemy Properties, Inc.

  • Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

  • Steve Kohn

  • The Matays Family

  • Morgan Stanley

  • Lori & Michael Nash

  • Normandy Real Estate Partners LLC

  • Paramount Group

  • Paul Hastings LLP

  • PwC

  • Quinn McCabe LLP

  • Ropes & Gray LLP

  • Adam R. Schwartz, Angelo, Gordon & Co.

  • Jeffrey Schwartz, Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas LLP

  • Damien Tener, Tener Consulting Services LLC

  • TPG RE Finance Trust

Patrons

  • Astoria 31st Street Developers LLC

  • Avison Young

  • Bank of America Merrill Lynch

  • David Baron, Metro Management Development, Inc.

  • Benenson Foundation

  • Kenneth Bernstein, Acadia Realty Trust

  • Boston Properties

  • Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

  • Cassway Contracting Corp.

  • Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.

  • Duval & Stachenfeld LLP

  • David A. Falk, Newmark Knight Frank

  • Greenberg Traurig, LLP

  • HFZ Capital Group

  • Lehrer Cumming

  • Mega Contracting Group

  • Lori & Chris Niehaus

  • Proskauer Rose LLP

  • RFR

  • Fred Schmidt

  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

  • SL Green Realty Corp.

  • Joan & David Schulman

  • Lisa & Steven Tananbaum

  • Owen Thomas

  • Flo Wiener & Rick Hobish

Leaders

  • Susanna & Dean Adler

  • AECOM Tishman

  • Ashner Family Evergreen Foundation

  • Russel Bernard

  • Arun Bhatia, Bhatia Development Organization

  • Capital One

  • CBRE

  • City National Bank

  • Chicago Title Insurance Company

  • Commonwealth Land Title Insurance

  • Crown Acquisitions / The Chera Family

  • Mark Denhart

  • Eastdil Secured

  • Leah & Paul Epstein

  • James Flaum

  • Friedman LLP

  • FTI Consulting, Inc.

  • Marlene & Alan Gilbert

  • Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP

  • Hope Knight & Steven Umlauf

  • Annette M. & Theodore Lerner

  • Robert C. Lieber

  • Carmen Monks

  • M&T Bank

  • Jordan Milman

  • Jay A. Neveloff

  • Steve Plavin

  • Stan Ponte • Joshua Judge, Sotheby's International Realty

  • Kamil Salame

  • Elizabeth & David Sherman

  • Darcy Stacom, CBRE

  • Vanbarton Group LLC

  • Steven J. Weinstein

  • Wilk Auslander LLP

  • Jeffrey Wingerter, City National Bank

  • Louise Wollman & Gary Strutin

  • Randy Work