Blue Onyx, Paterson Music Project host festival supporting Turkey-Syria earthquake relief

Blue Onyx, Paterson Music Project host festival supporting Turkey-Syria earthquake relief

By Joshua Burd A crowd of Paterson residents and community leaders descended on the city’s Great Falls section earlier this month, supporting relief efforts for the recent earthquake in Turkey and Syria while showcasing a local after-school music program for students. Blue Onyx, a locally based development firm, welcomed hundreds to the site of its…

Blue Onyx prepares for pivot to large-scale urban projects, maintaining focus on social impact

Blue Onyx prepares for pivot to large-scale urban projects, maintaining focus on social impact

Levi Kelman recalls feeling “very much at home” when he visited Paterson more than a decade ago, as he drove the streets in search of his first real estate investments. With its density, history and ethnic diversity, he said, the city reminded him of his family’s home in Brooklyn’s Kensington section — a melting pot…

Blue Onyx CEO Levi Kelman on Opportunity Zones, New Jersey and More

Blue Onyx CEO Levi Kelman on Opportunity Zones, New Jersey and More

To further lev.co’s mission of democratizing knowledge about commercial real estate, we started an interview series with all kinds of CREF pros: everyone from multifamily and medical to cannabis and construction. This time we connected with Levi Kelman, the CEO of Blue Onyx Companies, a business that provides a range of commercial real estate investing, development and…