Greg Belew and David Berger, co-founders and managing partners of New York-based real estate development company Fifth Square Partners, were recently named as 2008 All Stars by Real Estate Weekly Magazine.
This year’s All Stars were announced on July 23 in a special section of the publication. The 2008 All Stars were selected based on major accomplishments in the New York real estate market. Fifth Square recently sold out a very successful loft condominium project in the NoHo neighborhood of Manhattan and is also developing the conversion of a large factory building in Brooklyn’s popular Williamsburg neighborhood. The Steelworks Lofts (http://www.thesteelworkslofts.com), will offer 88 studio through three-bedroom loft residences with interiors designed by AvroKO, the award-winning New York design firm (http://www.avroko.com).
“We are pleased to be recognized as a rising force in the New York real estate market and look forward to bringing other exciting new projects to market,” Berger said.
Belew and Berger co-founded Fifth Square Partners (http://www.5thsq.com), formerly Northstar Property Group, in 2002 and together they have undertaken more than $150 million in development projects in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New Jersey and Connecticut.
The firm, known for producing outstanding design-oriented adaptive re-use and urban infill developments, has received several additional recent accolades, including the 2006 Home Building Industry (HOBI) Award for “Best Infill Community” in the state of Connecticut for their project Laurel Ridge and the 2006 Baltimore Heritage Preservation Project Award for Rombro Condominiums. This development was also named Maryland’s Top Residential Project of 2006 by “Square Feet,” an annual publication of the Daily Record.
Recent projects include 344 Bowery, a six-story pre-war residential building offering full-floor lofts, situated in Manhattan’s East Village/Noho neighborhood;
