The Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center is a non-profit industrial developer. The project was inspired by the dying industrial disctrict in Greenpoint. GMDC's original building was purchased for $1 from the city and now is home to small, specialty manufacturers. 

Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center

<p>Carol Berens, VP of the Empire State Development Corporation, discusses the creation of the Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center in Brooklyn. Sold by the city for $1, the building now houses small, specialty manufacturers and supports local industry and employment.</p>