Real estate development forum Tuesday in Darien

What makes some places dazzling and others boring?

That question will undergird the proceedings as five private- and public-sector authorities on development and real estate from two counties fill the dais for a panel lunch discussion titled “Visionary Vacuum?” on Tuesday, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at The Waters Edge at Giovanni”™s, 2748 Post Road, Darien. The event is presented by the Westchester and Fairfield County Business Journals and by their sister publication, lifestyle magazine WAG.

Participants include Salvatore Campofranco, founder and managing member, Westport-based Luzern Associates LLC; W. Mark Keeney, managing partner, Fairfield-based Abbey Road Advisors LLC; Supervisor Susanne Donnelly of Ossining; Ralph DiBart, executive director of the New Rochelle Business Improvement District; and Luiz Aragon, New Rochelle”™s development commissioner.

Sponsors include McGladrey, First County Bank, Eastern Land Management, awning company GS&S, Benchmark Title Agency LLC and Rakow Commercial Realty Group.

For more information and to RSVP, call Holly DeBartolo at 914-358-0743 or email her at hdebartolo@westfairinc.com.