Purchase-based Caspi Development, which owns, manages, and develops residential and commercial real estate in and around New York City, is going all out to attract millennial/tech/creative talent to its new seven-story office building at 161 Bowery in Lower Manhattan.
While best known in Westchester for branding the Renaissance Corporate Center in downtown White Plains and for residential and commercial properties in Larchmont, New Rochelle, Pelham and Yorktown, the family-owned company is making a splash in Manhattan with its latest project.
Caspi commissioned a mural by artist Shepard Fairey, the man behind the Obama “Hope” poster that became famous during the 2008 presidential campaign, for the exterior of 161 Bowery.
Shepard Fairey (left) and Joshua Caspi. |
“We are delighted to be working with Shepard Fairey on this project,” said Joshua Caspi, principal of Caspi Development. “We acquired 161 Bowery with the goal to develop inspirational office space for creative groups, and we feel Shepard’s message captures the essence of our concept.”
That’s cool as it is, but this building also features a rooftop lounge with a kitchen and, inside, redundant fiber internet, beer on tap, bicycle work stations, suspension chairs, and conference tables that double as ping pong tables. Can Caspi design our office?
The hand-painted mural is about three stories tall and resides on the building’s southern-facing exterior-side wall, so it’s visible to northbound travelers on Bowery. And in case you were wondering, this is no poster—the artwork was designed and hand-painted by Fairey and his team.
The mural at 161 Bowery. |