A ground-breaking for 45 Park Place, Soho Properties new Tribeca luxury condominium tower, was held on June 2. Construction has commenced on the 665-foot tall glass and steel tower, which will be completed in 2018. Pictured(from left to right) are: Shahida Jaffar, General Manager, New York, Maybank;Kevin Koh, Regional Director - US & UK, Maybank; Elizabeth Stribling, Chairman, Stribling Marketing Associates; Nour Mousa: Partner, Soho Properties; Amro Nahas, Head of Real Estate Investment, MASIC; Sammy El-Gamal,Managing Partner, Soho Properties; Sharif El-Gamal, Chairman and CEO, Soho Properties; Ihsan Bafakih, Chief Executive Officer, MASIC; Michael McLaughlin: President, ValCon Construction Advisors; Bill Gilbane, Senior Vice President, Gilbane Building Company; Seth Pomerantz: Executive Vice President, Soho Properties; and Chase Chehade, Director of Capital Markets, Soho Properties.