FiveLeaves, the nautically themed bar that is preparing to open in Greenpoint at the corner of Lorimer and Bedford. The space was designed and built by John McCormick (with silent partner Heath Ledger), the owner and designer of Moto in Williamsburg and designer of Smith and Mills in Tribeca. . The work is almost complete, so an opening could occur sometime in the next few months.

“His untimely death put the project in jeopardy,” says Down by the Hipster. “But his father became executor of the estate and because he knew how much the project meant to Heath, he released the funds to finish construction.”