Many remember Bush Terminal, the Navy Yard and similar industrial areas as primarily manufacturing sites. Today, these industrial locations represent a variety of enterprises: storage, trucking, artist studios, warehouses and, yes, film and tv production companies.

Guests, bullish on new transit-oriented development at Grand Central, enthusiastically discussed the benefits to business and life-style of Eastside Access to Long Island and White Plains, energizing those areas and invigorating Midtown and Eastside Manhattan.

A significant but surprising statistic: investment sales have been slowing down since October 2015, in some boroughs and sectors as much as 69%. Also discussed: the effect on the market of New York's June 2019 Rent Laws. All agreed: New York has old stock and needs new construction.

Though the June 2019 New York Rent Laws have significantly affected the real estate market, guests agree that, while some sales are down, New York's economy is strong, most rent stabilized apartments are rented, and people continue to come to New York to live, work and play.

Once called senility, today, Alzheimer's disease, a form of dementia, affects more people than cancer and heart disease. Guests discuss bio-markers, PET scans, genetic markers (ApoE4) and treatment. Caregivers describe their dedication to family members.

Guest developers and lender agree that Jersey City is primed to move from New Jersey's second largest city to number one - as the transit oriented area continues to attract hotels, office development and the residential community.

Yearly, New York City welcomes approximately 67 million visitors. Hotel operators a banker and a travel advisor discuss the base number of hotel rooms (125,000) and those under construction (15,000), the effects of Airbnb, branded hotels vs independents, hotels in the boroughs and Five and Six Star hotels.

Panelists describe the office market: robust, strong, with rents - higher than ever and pushing higher! Midtown rezoning revitalizing that area, new construction, new products, outstanding amenities attract fast growing technology companies, while substantially renovated buildings, also with amenities, appeal to those favoring a vintage-look.

NewYork-Presbyterian, with 10 hospital campuses and partnerships with two medical schools - adds new facilities, technology and programs as it continues to serve those who need its care: Stroke Ambulances, Tele-Medicine and Mental Health, Ambulatory Care Center and more.

Networking - not just who you know; it's how well you know the person and the business that is important. Guests talked about building trust and relationships, noting that younger clients respected a business with a good heart - an ethical business.