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The Villager
Deny the dystopia Big Real Estate wants for us
The Villager
Then, Bloomberg's luxury-city model handed us the corporatized wastelands of Hudson Yards, Greenpoint, Atlantic Yards, Downtown Brooklyn, Williamsburg and Long Island City. And the team of de Blasio and Deputy Mayor Glen? Their affordable housing ...

Hudson Yards Has $4.5 Billion In Taxpayer Money. Will We Ever See It Again?
Gothamist
The new district, though, didn't just come about through the hard work of money-grubbing developers, or even just a city rezoning like in Downtown Brooklyn. Hudson Yards owes its existence .... "Whether large-scale projects like Hudson Yards or ...

artnet News
New York Is Inviting Nonprofits to Install Contemporary Art on the City's Construction Sites
artnet News
The Department of Buildings also brought art to the Brooklyn Atlantic Yards construction site back in 2010. “New York City is one of the most vibrant built environments in the world, and City Canvas is a great opportunity to let some of the artists ...

The Bridge
Million Dollar Charade? Behind a Reality TV Show in Brooklyn
The Bridge
In Season 7, Episode 10, titled “Billion Dollar Listing,” the Manhattan-based broker is making a big foray into Brooklyn. The show's narrative suggests that Serhant made a Hail Mary pitch to win the job as exclusive broker for the luxury condo project ...

NetsDaily
Design for new tower behind Barclays revealed; construction start in spring
NetsDaily
The tallest building currently planned for the Pacific Park (formerly Atlantic Yards) project —a 50-story residential tower— will begin construction this spring at the corner of Sixth and Atlantic avenues, at the northeast corner of Barclays Center ...

GlobeSt.com
Partnership Forms for Pacific Park Development
GlobeSt.com
NEW YORK CITY—Developers Greenland USA and Forest City Realty Trust have restructured Greenland Forest City Partners, increasing Greenland's ownership interest in the Pacific Park project from 70% to 95%. Forest City's interest is now at 5%.

New York YIMBY
Pacific Park's Newest 750-Unit Tower Revealed at 18 Sixth Avenue in Prospect Park, Brooklyn
New York YIMBY
Details have been revealed for an enormous new 750-unit residential tower at 18 6th Avenue, in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. The site is right beside the Barclays Center and is part of Pacific Park, formerly known as Atlantic Yards, a multi-billion ...

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BKLYNER
Pacific Park: Details On Next Four Towers
BKLYNER
Forest City, the real estate investment firm that initiated the project to create “Brooklyn's newest neighborhood,” restructured its joint venture with Greenland USA last year, increasing Greenland's ownership interest in the project from 70 percent to ...

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Reminder: Meeting Thursday Evening on BQE Repairs and Promenade
Brooklyn Heights Blog (blog)
The Brooklyn Heights Association has details on the Update meeting on BQE Rehabilitation, a project that could include closing the Brooklyn Heights Promenade for years and building a temporary six lane highway that would bring traffic to the level of ...

New York Post
More than 1K new apartments coming to Barclays Center area
New York Post
Residents of Brooklyn's booming Barclays Center district will soon have even more new neighbors. In a breakthrough at the slow-moving Pacific Park project, big-league New York developers TF Cornerstone and the Brodsky Organization are taking control of ...

Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Prospect Heights sees record-setting real estate
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
The building in question is 550 Vanderbilt, part of the 22-acre Pacific Park (formerly known as Atlantic Yards) development spearheaded by mega-developer Bruce Ratner. The penthouse is 2,969 square feet, with 10-foot ceilings, oversize windows, a chef ...

The Real Deal
The city that Shelly built
The Real Deal
Silver wasn't always a naysayer. In 2006, he was critical in approving Forest City Ratner's Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn and reportedly helped developer Bruce Ratner score an eleventh-hour tax break for the project. The State Assembly in 2007 ...

City Limits
AG Hopeful James Sees Herself as Lifelong Underdog
City Limits
Before there was the run for attorney general, the win for public advocate and the break with the Working Families Party over the construction of Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn, Letitia James was assistant attorney general for Brooklyn for then ...

Gotham Gazette
In Brooklyn, Blake Morris Tries to Upend the State Senate Power Balance All By Himself
Gotham Gazette
Morris, a contract and property lawyer whose resume includes volunteer work with Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, a group opposed to the construction of the Atlantic Yards project, told Gotham Gazette that he never intended to run for office, much less ...

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Commercial Observer
Breaking Ground: RXR's Joanne Minieri Talks Three Decades of Development
Commercial Observer
... in many of its biggest deals, including the predevelopment of the 8-million-square-foot Atlantic Yards project (since renamed Pacific Park) and—with it—the development of Barclays Center and the acquisition of the New Jersey Nets (now the ...

City Limits
CityViews: Letitia James' Past Support for Tainted Ex-DA is a Concern
City Limits
At the John Jay debate, James nonetheless claimed that “in Brooklyn, we've done a wonderful job” of reviewing convictions. James may have been speaking broadly about the progress since Hynes left office or (as she has with Atlantic Yards) giving ...

BKLYNER
A Park Slope Parking Drama, A Forest Mural Grows in Bushwick & More of Today's Links
BKLYNER
It looks like the Pacific Park/Atlantic Yards project is going to take a little longer to complete than planned—like 10 years! When the ... A Brooklyn philanthropy made up of all women, ALLINBKLYN, has given away nearly $1 million since its founding ...

Gotham Gazette
Running for Attorney General, James Takes Strong Atlantic Yards Record Too Far
Gotham Gazette
... to hear James during two recent appearances inflate her significant and often brave record opposing the Atlantic Yards project, the arena-plus-towers development announced in 2003 when she was representing the 35th City Council District in Brooklyn.

CommonWealth magazine
Triple-A duel: Zimbalist vs. Matheson
CommonWealth magazine
ZIMBALIST: There was one that I was involved in, which is the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn that ended up building Barclays Center. What happened there is that the investor, which was Forest City Ratner, spent private money — about $800 million ...