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the community leader
Brett Kaufman
Born in Miami and educated in Arizona, Brett
Kaufman has spent most of his adult life in
Columbus, Ohio, making the Midwest city the
ideal location for Gravity, his latest passion
project set to transform the Franklinton
neighborhood. "Columbus has proved to be
an incredible test city for many of the world's
largest brands," Kaufman says. "If it works
here, then it can work all over the country and
beyond."
Before diving into innovative real estate
projects, the self-proclaimed "art kid" thought
it would be more responsible to go into banking
to support his family. "I learned a lot, including
some incredible fundamental business lessons,
but more importantly," he says, "I learned
everything that I did not want my life and work
to be about." After his stint in finance, Kaufman
returned to his creative roots designing built
spaces, including a set of renovated duplexes
in Columbus' charming German Village
neighborhood. "It was a form of art that I felt I
could wrap into a business and have the best of
both worlds," he says.
In 2011, he founded Kaufman Development
and shifted his focus toward building out full
communities that incorporate health and
wellness programming. His portfolio now counts
10 valued at $500 million. "We are infusing the
story of who we are and what we need, and
what our physiology needs, into the design," he
explains.
Gravity, however, is his most ambitious yet.
The multiuse five-acre creative community,
developed in collaboration with New York
firm ICRAVE, offers a number of amenities
unique to Columbus. Onsite dining, shopping,
coworking space, electric car charging stations,
and volunteer and event programs, such as
food truck Fridays, guided meditations, and live
performances, act as the community's epicenter
of everyday life, as will the art, which includes
14,000 square feet of murals, 90 percent of
which will be created by local artists.
The intention with Gravity, Kaufman
explains, is to bring both mental health to the
forefront of the community and to infuse a
space with a sense of activism-and it's only
just begun. Construction on phase two will start
later this year with more programming, events,
and music that will further allow Kaufman to
explore that intersection of art and business.
"My lens on the world is elevating the human
experience," he says, "so everything I see is
through that."
Photos by FOLCHI CREATIVE and renderings courtesy of ICRAVE
CEO and founder
Kaufman Development
A rendering of a Gravity coworking
space, complete with bleacher seating
Among Gravity's retail offerings is a minimalist
flower shop, shown in a rendering
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Hospitality Design - July 2019
Contents
from the editor
cityscene: washington, dc
cityscene: chicago
sketchbook
Interview: millennial roundtable
Interview: designing duos
5 questions for donnie madia
Profile: kim salmela
lighting
bath
textiles
flooring
from the show director
hd expo recap: people
iida/hd expo product design awards
hd expo recap: conference highlights
wave of the future
frank architecture
nina gotlieb
tenaya hills
dan mazzarini
charlie north
ashley stempler
yu ting
venus williams
original thinkers
marcus carey and damon lawrence
ritesh agarwal
christine gachot
jean-michel gathy
aaron richter
brett kaufman
harsha chanrai
lindsay kaplan and carolyn childers
linda boronkay
jeremiah britton
olivia hnatyshin
david gutstadt
ad index
Back space: martin brudnizki
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Hospitality Design - July 2019 - wave of the future
Hospitality Design - July 2019 - frank architecture
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Hospitality Design - July 2019 - nina gotlieb
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Hospitality Design - July 2019 - tenaya hills
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Hospitality Design - July 2019 - dan mazzarini
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