Over 185 commercial real estate professionals weathered a record setting blizzard and attended the New England Real Estate Journal's second annual Boston Cocktails & Conversations Networking Event on January 29 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Boston, 1 Avenue de Lafayette. Solect was the Platinum sponsor; the Gold sponsors were Eldorado Stone and F.D. Sterritt Lumber Co.; the Silver sponsors were Conquest Capital Partners, Buck-A-Plan, The News Funnel and Compstak; and the Bronze sponsors were New England Restaurant Brokers and Horvath & Tremblay of Marcus & Millichap. The commercial real estate networking gathering featured a cash bar, complimentary hors d'oeuvres and the NEREJ Radio show with hosts Rick Kaplan and Eric Wilson. The fun event showcased the leading commercial real estate associations including: BOMA-Boston, REFA-Boston, CCIM-New England, IREM, IFMA, CoreNet Global, NEAHMA, SMPS-Boston and USGBC Video of the event and the NEREJ Radio show with guest interviews are on our YouTube channel youtube.com/NEREJournal. Interviews included Grey Lee of USGBC and Karen Hurd of Sperry Van Ness. Please follow NEREJ on Facebook and review the evening's photos at http://ow.ly/Iu7v5. NEREJ will hold its second annual Portsmouth Cocktails & Conversations Networking Event on April 23 at the Residence Inn Portsmouth Downtown, 100 Deer St. To reserve a sponsorship package for the Portsmouth, NH event contact Rick Kaplan at rkaplan@nerej.com. For tickets please contact Rick Kaplan at rkaplan@nerej.com or 781-878-4540 x247 or Eric Wilson at ewilson@nerej.com or 781-878-4540 or visit nerej.com.