Mort Zuckerman to Keynote 17th Annual Real Estate & Building Industry Breakfast

BOSTON - On Thursday, October 28th at 8 a.m., Mort Zuckerman, co-founder chairman and CEO of Boston Properties, publisher of the New York Daily News, and editor of U.S. News and World Report, will address at the region's top real estate and building industry companies at a United Way leadership breakfast.  At the breakfast, President of Blakely Investments Gerald Blakely and Edward Linde, the late CEO of Boston Properties will be honored for their long-standing commitment to the community.

The event provides Zuckerman with an opportunity to honor his late friend and colleague Ed Linde who died in January at the age of 68. Linde and Zuckerman co-founded Boston Properties more than 40 years ago.  Linde will be honored by United Way and the Real Estate & Building Industry for his life-long commitment to improving the Greater Boston community and the advancement of charitable organizations, including United Way, Beth Israel Hospital, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Museum of Fine Arts.

At the United Way event, Zuckerman will also honor friend and former colleague Gerald W. Blakeley, President of Blakeley Investment Company, a major investor in real estate. Blakeley has also been a leader philanthropically and civically, serving on the National Board of Governors of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, the Coast Guard Foundation, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Zuckerman and Linde both worked for Blakeley when he was CEO of Cabot, Cabot & Forbes.

In attendance will be: Premier Sponsor McCall and Almy, Premier Sponsor Moriarty, Special Sponsor Hank & Ann Spaulding, The Beal Companies, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, Terra Nova Partners, Goulston & Storrs, Forest City Boston, Jones Lang LaSalle, FHO Partners, Boston Properties, Rockpoint Group, The Davis Companies and Marcus Partners, INC.

Tickets are currently available at http://supportunitedway.org/realestate17

WHO:         Mort Zuckerman, CEO of Boston Properties, publisher of the New York Daily News, and editor of U.S. News and World Report

Robert Beal, president, The Beal Companies

Gerald W. Blakely, Jr. president of Blakely Investments

Michael K. Durkin, president, United Way of Massachusetts Bay & Merrimack Valley

WHAT:             17TH Annual United Way Real Estate and Building Industry Breakfast

WHERE: Westin Copley Place, 10 Huntington Ave, Boston

WHEN:             October 28th at 8 a.m - 9 a.m. (7 a.m. networking)