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MaryAnne Gilmartin touts housing as signature innovation of Atlantic Yards
The Real Deal New York (blog)
Forest City Ratner's soon-to-be CEO MaryAnne Gilmartin said that the Atlantic Yards' innovative approach to housing – in particular affordable housing — would define the project in the years to come, the New York Observer reported. Speaking at ...
MaryAnne Gilmartin Boasts About Building Affordable Housing, Moving to BrooklynNew York Observer

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MaryAnne Gilmartin Boasts About Building Affordable Housing, Moving to Brooklyn
New York Observer
Ms. Gilmartin. Even though Forest City Ratner made sure to tout the groundbreaking of the first housing tower at Atlantic Yards late last fall, few would have described the developer's approach towards housing, particularly affordable housing, as ...

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Norwood News
Armory Benefits Agreement Results From Marathon Negotiation Dance
Norwood News
That was the case at the new Yankee Stadium and the Bronx Terminal Market as well as the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn. Pilgrim-Hunter became familiar with the CBA movement during the last attempt to re-develop the Armory back in 2009 when the ...

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Coliseum demo plan joins mix
New York Post
Ratner, the builder behind the Barclays Center and the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn; the Madison Square Garden Co.; and Bayville developer Bernard Shereck have each followed the bidding guidelines and submitted plans for renovating the arena by ...

Labor Support Comes To 35th Council District Race
New York Times (blog)
At the forum, Mr. Hurley said he entered the race to “give a voice” to unemployed and homeless residents, and to get “involved in the conversation” about development in Brooklyn. “If you build in Brooklyn, you must hire from Brooklyn,” he said ... Ms ...

Duly Noted: Giving away parkland, liquor license backlog, what's in a name?
New York Business Journal
Forest City Ratner, the major developer behind the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn, has named a new COO: David Berliner, who had most recently been the firm's general counsel. -- New York Observer. Have you ever dealt with a real estate broker who ...

Wall Street Journal
Forest City CEO swiftly finds her replacement
Crain's New York Business
Ms. Román Burch will also focus on unlocking the commercial potential of modular construction, a technique that Forest City Ratner and Skanska are pioneering in the city with construction of the first residential building at the Atlantic Yards, next to ...
Ratner Lawyer Builds on ExperienceWall Street Journal

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New York Post
Marty Markowitz: My New York
New York Post
The energetic Crown Heights native has overseen an urban transformation that includes the rezoning of Williamsburg and Greenpoint, the building of the Atlantic Yards project and the opening of the Brooklyn cruise ship terminal. This is his Brooklyn. 1.

Brooklyn Nets' color commentator Tim Capstraw hoping to reach second NBA ...
SILive.com
On a couple of dicey occasions this season, Capstraw's streak seemed in jeopardy when he found himself trapped in midtown Manhattan traffic on his way from his New Jersey home to the Barclays Center in downtown Brooklyn. “I had to pull into a parking ...

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Brooklyn Daily
Standing O is at it again!
Brooklyn Daily
“It is important for me and the industry to recognize MaryAnne's role in leading our major efforts, from Atlantic Yards to New York by Gehry,” said Bruce to Standing O. The new CEO shares her enthusiasm for Forest City and Bruce as well, “I've been ...

Few Barclays-Area Eateries See Bump from Nets Games
Patch.com
Brooklyn Nets fans poured into the area Monday night for the second game of the NBA playoffs, but most didn't stop by nearby businesses on their way into the arena. The promise of an influx of hungry ticket holders was part of the argument arena ...

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The secret superpowers of borough presidents
The New York World
Among the mega projects Markowitz boosted were the City Point mall and apartment tower in downtown Brooklyn, the remaking of Fourth Avenue in Park Slope as a condo-lined boulevard, the transformation of the Williamsburg waterfront into a high-rise ...

Donors Don't Want Their Campaign Dollars To Pay For Legal Fees
Bensonhurstbean
Former State Senator Carl Kruger at a 2008 rally in support of the Atlantic Yards. Source: Tracy Collins (“threecee”) / Flickr. When you give a politician your money, ... for legal fees, opposes the bill. Silver has spent $75,000 in campaign cash on ...

Library Journal
For Brooklyn PL, Planned Sale of Branches Promises Opportunity, Provokes ...
Library Journal
On April 18, Brooklyn activists joined with some fighting the New York Public Library's (NYPL) controversial Central Library Plan in a rally at City Hall, featuring City Comptroller John Liu, who hinted at a potential library audit by his office (see ...

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CoStar Group
CoStar's People of Note (April 14-20)
CoStar Group
... and residential development. Her 19-year tenure at the company includes overseeing the Barclays Center and Atlantic Yards projects, the development of New York by Gehry, which stands as the tallest residential building in North America. Gilmartin ...

CoStar Group
NEW AT THE TOP: Gilmartin Named Pres., CEO of Forest City Ratner Cos.
CoStar Group
Forest City Ratner Cos. named MaryAnne Gilmartin as president and CEO of the Brooklyn-based real estate firm, effective today. She will succeed Bruce Ratner, the company's founder, who will stay on as executive ... Her 19-year tenure at the company ...

Commercial Property Executive (blog)
Gilmartin Tapped as New FCRC CEO
Commercial Property Executive (blog)
She has since played a major role in most of the company's highly visible projects in the New York region, including the Barclays Center arena, which is part of the $4.9 billion, 22-acre, mixed-use Atlantic Yards development in Brooklyn. Gilmartin ...

Nets selling — (UPDATE) and giving away — “blackout in Brooklyn” shirts
The Brooklyn Game
As Norman Oder of Atlantic Yards Report notes often, the Nets promised 2,000 tickets priced at $15 for lower-income fans across Brooklyn, without coming through on that promise. Next year, they're $25. The Nets playoff package is particularly shrewd ...

WNYC
Big Army Corps Study Looks at Depopulating Coast
WNYC
He covered repeated financial crises at the MTA, the most severe transit cuts in decades, as well as the impact of the recession on the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn and the World Trade Center redevelopment in Lower Manhattan. Since 2010 ...

NorthJersey.com
Bruce Ratner to step aside as head of Forest City's New York unit
Crain's Cleveland Business
In her new role, Ms. Gilmartin will take over one of the city's most ambitious developments, Atlantic Yards on the edge of downtown Brooklyn. Forest City Ratner finished work on the Barclays Center arena at Atlantic Yards last September and in December ...
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Founder Bruce Ratner Steps Down as Forest City Ratner Companies CEOreit.com

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