Real Estate's Most Powerful Person: You! (Sort Of)

For the first time, we gave readers the opportunity, in unscientific online polls at Observer.com, to tell us who they thought were the most powerful people in New York real estate. (Note: The final Power 100 was picked by The Observer's real estate desk.) Readers were given four names per category to choose from.

The Nos. 1 and 2, by category, below!

Commercial Landlords

Douglas Durst, Bill Rudin

Residential Landlords

Richard LeFrak. Rob Speyer

Economic Development Officials

Michael Bloomberg, Jon Corzine

Commercial Developers

Stephen Ross, Larry Silverstein

Residential Marketers

Kelly Kennedy Mack, Corcoran Sunshine; Louise Sunshine, Alexico Group

Real Estate Journalists

Lois Weiss, New York Post; Charles Bagli, The New York Times

Office Leasing Brokers

Stephen Siegel, CB Richard Ellis; Mitch Steir, Studley

Hoteliers

Andre Balazs, Sam Chang

Retail Brokers

Robert Futterman, Robert K. Futterman & Associates; Susan Kurland, CB Richard Ellis

Residential Executives

Pam Liebman, Corcoran Group; Dottie Herman and Howard Lorber, Prudential Douglas Elliman

Commercial Executives

Peter Riguardi, Jones Lang LaSalle; Mitch Rudin, CB Richard Ellis

Investment Sales Brokers

Darcy Stacom and Bill Shanahan, CB Richard Ellis; Woody Heller, Studley

Residential Brokers

Sharon Baum, Corcoran Group; Jackie Teplitzky, Prudential Douglas Elliman

REIT Executives

Michael Fascitelli, Vornado; Marc Holliday, SL Green

Real Estate Lawyers

Jonathan Mechanic, Fried Frank; (tie) Robert Ivanhoe, Greenburg Traurig; Stephen Lefkowitz, Fried Frank

Financiers/Lenders

Howard Michaels, Carlton Group; Lee Neibart, AREA Property Partners

Family Dynasties

Rudins, Speyers

Bloggers

Lauren Elkies, The Real Deal; Joey Arak, Curbed

Mortgage Brokers

Melissa Cohn, Manhattan Mortgage; Bruce Maasbach, Manhattan Mortgage

Public Officials

Sheldon Silver, Charles Schumer

Apartment Landlords

Stephen Ross and Related Companies, Leonard Litwin and Glenwood Management

Rental Brokerage Execs

Daniel Baum, Real Estate Group New York; Gary Malin, Citi Habitats

Scions

Rob Speyer, Don Trump

Boutique Residential Brokers

Barbara Fox, Fox Residential; (tie) Michele Kleier, Gumley Haft Kleier; Leslie Garfield, Leslie J. Garfield; and Mark David Fromm, Mark David & Co.