Empire State Building goes blue.

NEW YORK CITY–On Wednesday night, the city's landmark buildings lit up in blue to recognize the real estate division of the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation and the Empire Ball. The real estate and construction industry came to the 34th annual fundraiser at the Grand Hyatt to raise money to find a cure for diabetes. Paul H. Teti of Normandy Real Estate Partners, Robert Mullen of Structure Tone and Jeffrey A. Duarte of Alliance Building were honored for their philanthropic service.

To date, the annual Empire Ball has raised more than $37 million for diabetes research.

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Betsy Kim

Betsy Kim was the bureau chief, East Coast, and New York City reporter for Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com. As a lawyer and journalist, Betsy has worked as the director of editorial and content for LexisNexis Lawyers.com, a TV/multi-media journalist for NBC and CBS affiliated TV stations in the Midwest, and an associate producer at Court TV.