Ron Bruner – Page 3

“Words cannot describe what we’ve done,” said Thierry W. Despont, referring to the interior design of the apartments at 53W53, a condominium building rising beside the Museum of Modern Art in Midtown Manhattan. But a reporter can at least try. Mr. Despont, a French-born, New York-based architect and designer who has outfitted private homes for…

NY Yimby reports the removal of scaffolding to reveal hand-made brick facade at 17 unit condominium project in Carroll Gardens

Mr. Ezra, 34, is a founding principal of Avery Hall, a residential developer focused on Brooklyn. The company, which was started in 2013, is working on several projects, including residential and mixed-use developments in Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill and Park Slope. Mr. Ezra grew up in Park Slope.

While much of the focus in Brooklyn’s development boom has been on the recently rising towers downtown, many medium-sized projects are cropping up in neighborhoods across the borough. One such project — going up at 465 Pacific Street in Boerum Hill — will feature an unusual brick and metal facade.

COLUMBIA STREET WATERFRONT DISTRICT — A neighborhood nonprofit is striking a deal to sell a Columbia Street plot to a private developer in hope of preserving 28 affordable units nearby and possibly creating dozens more with its profit.

A little-noticed Brooklyn neighborhood is getting a second look for its new homes and quaint shops. Long in the shadow of Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill, Brooklyn’s Boerum Hill neighborhood is getting noticed these days for its new homes and re-energized commercial strips.

For apartment hunters who think that Brooklyn has become too glassy in recent years, with some buildings that look like as if they had floated up from South Florida, a new condominium in Boerum Hill may come as a relief, particularly its lower floors.

When Avery Hall—led by partners Brian Ezra, Avi Fisher and Jesse Wark (ages 34, 34 and 37 respectively)—proposed building a four-story mixed-use project at 112 Atlantic Avenue (a.k.a., 325 Henry Street) last year they walked into machine gun fire.