Over near the Greenpoint waterfront, developer Isaac Katan is in the process of converting a five-story warehouse to residential use (adding a sixth floor in the process) and combining it with a new six-story building next door. The warehouse portion will have 40 apartments while the new building will have another 28. There have been a lot of reasons to be critical of Katan over recent years, but he deserves some props for not tearing this place down and starting from scratch. Update: Looks like our initial praise was misplaced. See the first comment below. GMAP P*Shark DOB