Month: April 2012

• 77 Commercial Street Sells

  According to the Real Deal, Manhattan-based Chetrit Group has purchased the 95,000 sf warehouse at 77 Commercial Street in Greenpoint. The property is one of the northernmost waterfront parcels that were rezoned to residential in the 2005 rezoning, and the potential development on the site could in a big, bigger or biggest development scenario. It…

  13 April 2012

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  65 commercial, affordable housing, development, inclusionary housing, open space

• Census Numbers Show Big Jump in Brooklyn Population

  http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/census-numbers-show-big-jump-brooklyn-population-article-1.1059951

  12 April 2012

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  census, demographics

• Bagels and Health Food Give Way to Chain

  http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/35/15/dtg_healthmove_2012_04_13_bk.html

  11 April 2012

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  bedford ave, development, retail

• Advancing the Starbucks Rumor

  https://twitter.com/#!/brooklyn11211/status/188701792715022336

  9 April 2012

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  retail

• Say Goodbye to the Salvation Army

  Brownstoner notes that the demolition of the Salvation Army building at Bedford and North 7th Street is imminent (the site appears to include the stucco building adjacent at 153 North 7th Street too). What will go in its place, though, remains a mystery. Brownstoner has an image of a zoning diagram showing a two-story commercial…

  9 April 2012

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  development, retail