More than 300 Garden State real estate and business-development executives attended the eighth annual RealShare NEW JERSEY at the Marriott Teaneck at Glenpointe. The day was filled with networking and critical insight on finding opportunities and remaining upbeat during this down market cycle.

The event featured keynote addresses delivered by Hessam Nadji of Marcus & Millichap and James Hughes of Rutgers University, recognition of the top Real Estate New Jersey Commercial Broker All Stars award-winners, a look "Inside the Real Estate Mind" of Jones Lang LaSalle's Charles Klatskin, a state-of-the-market Town Hall Meeting and five additional in-depth panel discussions.

For more coverage of RealShare NEW JERSEY, read these on-site reports from our editorial team: State Aims to Boost Business Climate and Employment Key to Recovery. You can also read more about the 2009 Real Estate New Jersey Commercial Broker All Stars.

Setting the stage for RealShare NEW JERSEY, Hessam Nadji of Marcus & Millichap presents economic trends for the area and investment strategies.

Michael Desiato, Vice President & Group Publisher of ALM's Real Estate Media Group, welcomes more than 300 attendees to RealShare NEW JERSEY.

Alyson Grala of Real Estate New Jersey and Andrew Merin of Cushman & Wakefield, who accepted his Broker All Stars award for completing $969 million in sales.

Maria Wood of Real Estate New Jersey shakes hands with Cushman & Wakefield's Robert Donnelly as he accepts his Broker All Stars award for leasing.

The Town Hall Meeting forecasts the economy, job growth, leasing, investment and development.

Mitchell Hersh (left) of Mack-Cali Realty Corporation and David Houston of Colliers Houston & Co. offer their take on the market.

Kevin Welsh (left) of CB Richard Ellis leads off the opportunistic investment and finance panel.

Rabi Kieber (left) of EPA Region 2 and moderator James Rhatican of Connell Foley LLP cover public funding opportunities for sustainable design and construction.

Charles Klatskin (right) of Jones Lang LaSalle discusses the intersection of life and business during the "Inside the Real Estate Mind" session with Michael Desiato.

Ted Zangari of Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. facilitates a legislative update from the Smart Growth Economic Development Coalition.

Networking opportunities were in abundance at RealShare NEW JERSEY.

Jeffrey Schotz (second from right) of First Service Williams Real Estate Co., Inc., makes a point during the office panel.

Rick Vanderbeck (right) of First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. discusses the New Jersey industrial market.

Closing RealShare NEW JERSEY, James Hughes, Dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, delivers a sobering look
at the economy.

ALM's Real Estate Media Group editorial director John Salustri conducts a video interview with Hessam Nadji for GlobeSt.TV and Distressed Assets Investor.