David Genovese has put his mark on Darien’s downtown, having developed a dozen properties in the quaint business district since founding Baywater Properties in 2001.
Most notably, the Darien native is redefining seven acres between Interstate 95 and the train station by building the Corbin District, a large mixed-use development that will feature apartments, storefronts and more than 100,000 square feet of office space.
His other downtown developments include 1020 Boston Post Road, a 28,000-square-foot, two-story mixed-use development; 745 Post Road, an 18,000-square-foot, three-story building with luxury apartments; and 36 Old Kings Highway South, a two-story medical office building with 17,000 square feet of rentable space, according to the company’s website.
His company also owns three commercial properties in Stamford, two in Norwalk and one in Wilton.
Genovese founded Baywater Properties following a 12-year career in real estate investment banking in New York and London. That included serving as co-head of real estate investment banking for Credit Suisse First Boston.
Previously, he also served as a managing director in Bankers Trust Co.’s real estate investment banking group.
Genovese, who earned an MBA from The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania, is currently the president of the Fairfield/Westchester chapter of the Real Estate Finance Association of Connecticut.