Internationally acclaimed street artist Dasic Fernández is painting a new mural in downtown White Plains commissioned by the developer Greystar in collaboration with ArtsWestchester. The 2,840-square-foot mural will decorate a portion of Greystar’s new apartment building at 25 N. Lexington Ave. It will be on New Street between Bank and North Lexington streets.
“Dasic’s work has been enjoyed in his native Chile, Saudi Arabia, and at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. Now it will be on display in downtown White Plains to inspire the community and enliven this rapidly growing area,” said Gary Kerr, senior managing director of development at Greystar.
“I’m creating a surrealistic mural, where imagination and magical scenes blend with real elements from White Plains and its environment. I want the viewer to feel like they are dreaming, creating a confusion about what is real and what is not,” said Fernández.
ArtsWestchester CEO Kathleen Reckling said that murals transform spaces into places. “White Plains is becoming a city of creativity, with more public art emerging across the downtown,” said Reckling. “Dasic’s unique style and vision depicting elements from White Plains’ past and future will convert New Street into a unique destination. We certainly look forward to forging more arts and business collaborations in the future.”
ArtsWestchester supports the arts in Westchester County through leadership, funding, programming, education, advocacy, audience cultivation and professional development. ArtsWestchester ensures the accessibility and diversity of the arts for all.
Greystar is a leading, fully integrated global real estate company offering expertise in property management, investment management, development and construction services in institutional-quality rental housing, logistics and life sciences sectors. Headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, Greystar manages and operates approximately $320 billion of real estate in 249 markets globally with offices throughout North America, Europe, South America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Greystar, the largest operator of apartments in the United States, manages more than 966,700 units/beds globally, and has a robust institutional investment management platform comprised of $78 billion of assets under management, including over $36 billion of development assets. Greystar was founded by Bob Faith in 1993 to become a provider of world-class service in the rental residential real estate business.
