TEANECK, NJ-A panel of six top real estate executives is set to place an agenda of highly charged issues squarely on the table at the opening Town Hall Meeting at the annual RealShare New Jersey conference tomorrow morning. The meeting is expected to draw more than 600 to the Glenpointe Marriott here, and the Town Hall Meeting figures to set the tone for what will be a lively and informative day.

“I want to talk about all the traffic, with Xanadu and the new football stadium being built in the Meadowlands,” Charles Klatskin, chairman and CEO of Lee & Klatskin, tells GlobeSt.com. “I want to also talk about all of the political corruption and what it means for the state's reputation. And about the tax system and why it doesn't work. And I want to talk about why we should raise the gas tax.”

“One issue is the whole matter of doing business in New Jersey–is it a downer?” asks Michael Alfieri, president of the M. Alfieri Co., citing the regulatory process. “The rate of change has slowed down, and DOT is an issue.”

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