Every party is a pre-Grammy party if it happens before the Grammys. So these parties from last week fit the bill. Gotham Org COO Christopher Jaskiewicz (chair of the Greater New York Construction User Council) and Chanel Zeisel flank Art Assets’ Barbara Koz Paley at the GNYCUC’s New Year party Thursday night at Extell’s International Gem Tower.

We also snapped A. Esteban & Co’s Ryan Gibbard and AKF’s Jared Donnamiller, Phil Simone, and Mark Richter.

And at AREW’s winter networking event Thursday at Time Warner Center’s Stone Rose Lounge, we snapped Meridian Capital Group’s Jonathan Stern and Adrienne Stephens (with Syska Hennessy’s Kristin Liu), whose firm just did a pair of deals in Queens: a $7.8M mortgage for a 90-unit apartment building on 34th Road and a $7M loan for a 60-unit building on Skillman Avenue. AREW's next event is a Feb. 4 lunch keynoted by Rudin Management's Samantha Rudin.