• BROOKLYN NAVY YARD SURPASSES 10,000 JOBS FOR 1ST TIME IN OVER 50 YEARS

    August 5, 2019

    amNewYork – The Brooklyn Navy Yard has hit a major milestone, surpassing 10,000 jobs for the first time since the city took control of the sprawling waterfront campus in 1966.

    Amid its largest expansion since World War II — a $1 billion effort that resulted in the addition of 2.5 million square feet of space for businesses — the Brooklyn Navy Yard has gone from adding hundreds of new jobs a year to thousands, and development corporation president and CEO David Ehrenberg says they now expect to hit 20,000 jobs by 2021.

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  • BROOKLYN PICKS ITS BEST BUILDINGS

    July 24, 2019

    Real Estate Weekly – The winners of the 2019 Building Brooklyn Awards were announced.

    Now in its 19th year, the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce’s Building Brooklyn Awards distinguish real estate projects that enhance the borough’s economy and neighborhoods.

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  • THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD IS BOOMING, BUT STILL HOLDS RUSTIC CHARM

    April 29, 2019

    New York Post – The booming Brooklyn Navy Yard, where mighty World War II battleships were launched, has scores of more peaceful new stories to tell. Owned by the city since 1966, the contemporary industrial park now boasts a daily workforce of 9,500, up from 3,600 in 2001, and on track to more than double to 20,000 by the end of 2020.

    The Yard is home to dry docks for ship repairs that recall, in miniature, its maritime and wartime origins — but mainly to companies that produce everything from body armor to organic vegetables from the world’s largest rooftop farm.

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  • A STUDIO LOT GROWS IN BROOKLYN

    October 2, 2018

    Variety – In 1999 Doug Steiner made a big bet. The real estate developer and owner of Steiner Studios gambled that if he built a sprawling complex of soundstages and production facilities on the East River, major movies and television shows would decamp for Brooklyn and a patch of land between Dumbo and Williamsburg.

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  • HOLLYWOOD EAST ON WALLABOUT BAY: EAGLE INTERVIEW WITH DOUG STEINER

    February 1, 2018

    Brooklyn Daily Eagle – Doug Steiner is not your average mogul. No bombast, macho swagger or Armani suits. Steiner is a wholly different paradigm: chill, low-key, unassuming and accessible. During a recent lunch interview at Peter Luger’s, Steiner was dressed casually in sports shirt and stretchy black hiking pants. He listened thoughtfully to the questions posed and gave equally thoughtful, savvy responses. This is a builder who does the details.

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