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Inside the home of Doug Steiner

 Doug Steiner (left) and his New Jersey home

From the March issue: Doug Steiner's aesthetic preferences are clear immediately upon entering his home in New Jersey: The real estate developer and CEO of Steiner Studios likes industrial chic, modern accents and clean lines. His reverence for industrial spaces is what attracted him to the gritty Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1999 to develop Steiner Studios, his 305,000-square-foot film and television production facility, where the FX series "Damages" is filmed and where Julie Taymor is currently directing a film adaptation of "The Tempest." The studio plays a major role in the New York City film and television industry and was also where movies such as "Revolutionary Road," which starred Kate Winslet; the Coen Brothers' "Burn After Reading"; and scenes for "Sex and the City" were shot. Steiner Studios is currently renovating a vacant building at the Navy Yards. Steiner's respect for older structures also inspired the design of his new development at 80 Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg, a riverfront warehouse-style condo building with townhomes next door. The units have high ceilings, big windows and, in a nod to his studios, sound-proofing methods he learned from sound stage engineers. But if his professional work builds on time-honored techniques, his home is about all things modern.
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