Category : Residential

Avi Voda, co-founder of the recently launched Voda Bauer Real Estate firm, is bringing 20 years of experience to his new endeavor, a company that seeks to cover all the bases as a full-service real estate firm. And if his first month in business is any indication, that effort is coming to bear. Voda Bauer Real Estate signed 11 exclusive sales listings that totaled over $22 million in its first few weeks in business.

The small Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook, which has a storied history of as a prominent shipping port that fell into a period of crime and poverty, has the potential to become a destination neighborhood. “There’s been quite a bit of change,” said Bernadette Ott, a Citi Habitats agent who has lived in Red Hook for nearly a decade. “There are more stores, boutiquey-type places popping up, more restaurants and specialty item stores. When I first came here, there were maybe a handful, now there’s three times that.”