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Public Service Veteran Joins Navy Yard as COO

Michael Kelly has come to Brooklyn Navy Yard as COO and EVP. Kelly, who began his career as an architect, has three decades of experience in public service, including two stints as general manager of the New York City Housing Authority. Early in his career, he became the first registered architect in the U.S. to head a large public housing agency, that of San Francisco.

Kelly comes to the Yard as it plans to expand to 30,000 jobs and add five million square feet of manufacturing space in the coming years. David Ehrenberg, president and CEO of the Brooklyn Navy Development Corporation, said the Yard’s success was “based on the experience, capabilities and devotion of its team, which now includes Michael Kelly. His decades of experience will greatly support BNYDC in the management of the 300-acre campus.”

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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