When Matt Linde and Udi Kore were first approached to develop the old site of St. John’s College’s campus in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, it was a dream come true for the two men who grew up in the area.
Linde, CEO of People Restoring Communities, and Kore, Founding Partner at Avenue Realty Capital, first walked through the property in the summer of 2017.
The building has had many names over the years since the cornerstone was laid in 1869. It has been known as the College of St. John the Baptist, St. John’s College, and St. John’s University, New York, before relocating to its current campus in Queens, which is now simply referred to as St. John’s University…