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What's your take on how 2012 will shape up?

You're falling, maybe from a tall building, like in the intro to Mad Men. Panic seizes you because the term paper you know you finished in college doesn't get done, keeping you from graduating. Someone's chasing you through a maze, getting closer, and it's impossible to shake the pursuer. But then you wake up relieved, realizing it was just a dream.

The commercial real estate business is different that other industries in that it is filled with optimists about the future, says <b>Howard Rubenstein</b>

NEW YORK CITY-<b>SEIU</b>'s <b>Fishman</b> says that the fiscal cliff will no longer be a worry by the time <b>REBNY</b>'s banquet happens on Jan. 17.

NEW YORK CITY-Even though there is uncertainty in the economy <b>Faith Hope Consolo</b> thinks that retail can achieve the ICSC prediction of a 4.5% December sales jump or higher.

Some companies like <b>Chick-fil-A</b> are able to make it work, but it's generally not east for retailers to expand in the Northeast, says <b>DJM Realty</b>'s <b>Kelly</b>.

NEW YORK CITY-<b>Steve Spinola</b> tells us what to expect at this year's <b>REBNY</b> banquet, which is taking place on Jan. 17.