OUR COMMUNITY

14 | AUGUST 31 • 2023 

ON THE COVER

GEORGE ROBERTS 
Home: Downtown Detroit 
Family: Wife, Sarah; daughter, Eden, and 
dog, Shakshuka
Education: Graduate certificate in real estate 
development, University of Michigan 
Jewish community affiliations: NEXTGen 
Detroit immediate past president and board 
of governors’ member, Jewish Federation of 
Metropolitan Detroit; Downtown Synagogue 
member and activist (see article); JARC 
board member; National Young Leadership 
Cabinet; DIA Founders Junior Council
Personal interests: Committed urbanist, public space 
lover and dedicated-but-inexperienced cyclist

ANDREW SHERMAN 
Home: West Bloomfield 
Family: Wife, Allie, and children, Bo, 6; 
Maude, 5; Zeke, 3, and Hank, 2, and dog, 
Sasha
Education: Bachelor’s, University of 
Pennsylvania; Master’s, Walsh College 
Jewish communal involvements: Max M. 
& Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation trustee; 
University of Michigan Hillel Board of 
Trustees; Jewish Federation of Metropolitan 
Detroit National Young Leadership Cabinet 
member
Personal interests: Hockey, golf and pickle-
ball; raising his children; giving back to the community

SETH HERKOWITZ 
Home: West Bloomfield
Education: Bachelor’s, University of 
Michigan; JD, Chicago-Kent College of Law

ANDREW LEBER 
Home: Bloomfield Hills
Family: Wife, Lindsey, and children, Sydney, 
11; Zachary and Zoe, both 9, and Bailey, 6
Education: Muhlenberg College in 
Allentown, Pa.
Jewish communal involvements: Temple 
Israel board member; Jewish Federation of 
Metropolitan Detroit activist
Personal interests: Traveling, playing golf and 
coaching his son’s travel baseball team

Jewish Presenters

Andrew 
Sherman

George 
Roberts

Seth 
Herkowitz

Andrew 
Leber

loft apartments. They will open in 
Summer 2024.” 
Another property, Woodward 
West, at Woodward and Stimson, 
will feature 204 modern apart-
ments and such building ameni-
ties as “a fitness center, yoga stu-
dio, movie theater, office spaces, 
and rooftop deck and clubroom,” 
Sherman said. 
A restaurant, specialty salon 
and bridal shop will open in the 
building’s retail space this fall.

BRUSH PARK/ 
PERENNIAL CORKTOWN
Seth Herkowitz, chief operating 
officer and a partner at Hunter 
Pasteur in Farmington Hills, came 
aboard the bus with company 
partner Brett Yuhasz, senior vice 
president of multifamily construc-
tion. Herkowitz discussed some of 
the Detroit-based projects under 
development by Hunter Pasteur. 
City Modern in historic Brush 
Park is a mixed-use development 
comprised of four renovated 
Victorian mansions and 20 new 

buildings, offering six distinct 
styles of housing. Hunter Pasteur 
oversaw the sales, construction 
and development of the 105 “for 
sale” townhouses and carriage 
homes at City Modern.
“In between projects nearing 
completion, under construction 
and in development, we will have 

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