Don Capoccia: Not afraid to do battle

From the June issue: For a developer who has often found himself in the hot seat, Don Capoccia has a temperate perspective. “This is such aggravating, difficult work on a day-to-day basis that you have to be passionate about it from the outset,” says Capoccia, one-third of development firm BFC Partners. “You can’t waver.” Then again, he has reason to be encouraged. On a tour last month through the downtown Brooklyn sales office for Toren, the latest project BFC Partners has brought to market, the sun reflected off the glass casing of the model for the 38-story tower that’s being built on Myrtle Avenue.

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