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HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | JUNE 30, 2025 23 Daniel Klaynberg, Evan Levy & Matthew Levy N ew York City-based Spectra Construction and Devel- opment President Daniel Klaynberg continues to add apart- ments in Hartford as he and his part- ners scour the state for additional development opportunities. Klaynberg, son of developer Joseph Klaynberg, has partnered with Matthew and Evan Levy, sons of prominent Hartford attorney Coleman Levy, in projects in and outside the Capital City. They are putting the finishing touches on a 42-unit apartment conversion of a former Hartford municipal office building at 525 Main St., which has been largely leased to the University of Connecticut as dorm space for the next school year. Klaynberg and the Levy brothers also expect by the end of summer to welcome the first tenants into a 35-unit conversion of a former fire station on Pearl Street. They expect to shortly purchase a lot at 17-21 Wells St. from the city, next to 525 Main St., then launch a 24-month, ground-up construction of an 84-unit apartment building on the site. Meanwhile, Klaynberg and the Levy brothers are about halfway through the conversion of a 33,000-square- foot Hartford office building at the northern edge of Pope Park into 47 apartments. Klaynberg said he aims to wrap up that project, located at 30 Laurel St., around the close of this year. The partners are also close to closing on the purchase of a long-va- cant office building in downtown Norwich, which they intend to reno- vate into 62 apartments. Klaynberg estimates the $10-million project will take 18 months to complete once construction begins. Klaynberg said he and his partners are actively looking for additional projects in Connecticut. David Kooris F airfield native David Kooris was tapped by Gov. Ned Lamont last July to launch a new quasi-public agency armed with $60 million to incentivize multifamily housing development around mass- transit hubs and downtowns. As of mid-April, a dozen Connecticut cities and towns had officially signed up to partner with the Connecticut Municipal Development Authority (CMDA). The agency can help municipalities update their zoning regulations, and then offer funding for related infra- structure work, as well as low-cost financing for developers. Kooris said he expects to begin deploying project funding before the close of this year. Kooris began his professional career at the New York-based Regional Plan Association in 2005, focusing on development proposals around mass transit in New York and New Jersey. There, he learned to rally various constit- uencies around the benefits of transit-oriented development. Kooris rose to head Regional Plan Association projects in Connecticut, before he left in 2012 to lead Bridge- port's planning and economic develop- ment offices. Four years later, Kooris was hired as director of resilience at the state Department of Housing. In 2018, he was appointed deputy commissioner of the state Department of Economic and Community Development. POWE R 25 | RE AL ESTATE Kooris served in that capacity for about two years, and then took a job leading Stamford's downtown business improvement district. He left that role to helm CMDA. Kooris also serves on the Connecticut Port Authority board.