David Belt
| David Belt | |
|---|---|
| Born |
David Eric Belt June 29, 1967 Trenton, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Residence | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | George School |
| Occupation | Founder and Managing Principal of Macro Sea, New Lab, and DBI Projects |
| Known for | Real estate development, Urban renewal, Urban design, Architecture |
| Home town | Yardley, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Board member of | Neighborhood Trust Financial Partners |
David Eric Belt (born June 29, 1967) is an American-born international real estate developer and entrepreneur. He is the founder and managing principal of Macro Sea, New Lab, and DBI Projects. Belt and his firms are known for undertaking creative projects that repurpose pre-existing objects and municipal or commercial spaces. Belt and Macro Sea have received substantial coverage in the media for their work, most recently for developing New Lab, an entrepreneurial innovation center for hardware technology. The space is a public-private partnership with the City of New York and has been a significant factor in revitalizing the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
The G27 Global Institute, Macro Sea’s Mobile Pools project, and a Brooklyn art installation called Glassphemy! have also received significant coverage in past years. Belt’s work has been featured in MoMA’s 2013 Design and Violence exhibition and the 2012 Venice Biennale for Architecture and he has been a guest lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, RPI, Taubman School of Architecture at The University of Michigan, ULI and for various real estate and arts gatherings.
Belt was born in 1967 in Trenton, New Jersey, and grew up in Yardley, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. He is the oldest of two children. Belt attended grade school in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and later the George School. His younger brother Jonny Belt is an Emmy Award winning show creator for Nickelodeon.
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