The Real Estate Board of New York’s holiday luncheon at the Metropolitan Club capped a festive week for the industry, which included with the packed Fried Frank holiday bash at Cipriani 42nd Street two nights earlier.

The mood was celebratory thanks to the thriving office market, where low vacancy will continue falling because there’s little new product in the pipeline.

SL Green chief executive and chairman Marc Holliday shared the stage with superchef Daniel Boulud at the REBNY event which I moderated. After a rousing curtain-raiser by REBNY president Jim Whelan, Holliday praised outgoing Mayor Eric Adams’ accomplishments as a “cheerleader” for the city and his role in promoting rezoning and housing creation.

Asked whether the office market would keep up its on-fire pace, Holliday saw

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