NEW YORK CITY—After declaring that the city is in the “thegolden age of real estate,” ALM Real Estate Media VP and grouppublisher Michael Desiato kicked offRealShare New York, adding, “I never thought I'dbe saying that after what we went through.”

As the industry braces itself for the next sea change,Joe Derhake, president, PartnerEngineering and Science, a GlobeSt.com ThoughtLeader, discussed the big potential impact on commercial realestate of a new type of transportation.

“Driverless cars are going to be a larger disruption tocommercial real estate than the Internet,” he forecasted. “The caris more primary to the industry.”

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Rayna Katz

Rayna Katz is a seasoned business journalist whose extensive experience includes coverage of the lodging sector, travel and the culinary space. She was most recently content director for a business-to-business publisher, overseeing four publications. While at Meeting News, a travel trade publication, she received a Best Reporting award for a story on meeting cancellations in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.