Tag: development
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Apple Store Coming to Forest Hills
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/queens-aims-apple-core-article-1.1007252
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Hotel Williamsburg Sells
http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/01/15/chetrit-backed-hotel-chain-to-buy-hotel-williamsburg/
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Study of Retail Workers Finds $9.50 Median Pay
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/16/nyregion/study-offers-a-look-at-new-yorks-retail-workers.html
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New Tenant at 475 Driggs
http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=5&id=48484
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Former HPD Commissioner to Head CPC, Domino Developer
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120110/REAL_ESTATE/120119991/1072
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Judge Grants Injunction on Broadway Triangle
State Supreme Court Judge Emily Goodman has granted a preliminary injunction that bars the City from moving forward with the development of affordable housing in the Broadway Triangle area. The suit, brought by the NY Civil Liberties Union, Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady and the Broadway Triangle Community Coalition, alleges…
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Retail Report
A few random observations on the Northside (more or less) retail/commercial front: Kitten Coffee, a roaster located in Bed-Stuy is opening what looks like its first retail outlet at the former Blackbird spot at North 6th and Bedford. Evolve Motorcycles, a manufacturer of electric motorcycles, is opening a showroom (its first?) at 155 Grand Street…
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St. Vincent De Paul Sells
Photo: Heather Roslund According to Brownstoner, the broker handling the sale of St. Vincent De Paul Church on North 6th Street has announced the sale of the property for $13.7 million. MNS, the broker, says that the mystery owner plans to convert the church. The church owns two parcels on North 6th Street. One of…
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Did the City Miscalculate Value of Bushwick Inlet Park?
Short answer – yes. Yolane Almanzar of the fledgling New York World has a very thorough rundown of why Williamsburg and Greenpoint may never see a park at Bushwick Inlet. The article is mostly about how grossly the city underestimated the value of the properties – by an order of magnitude, as it turns out.…
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Oh Look, @archdaily Fell for the Oppenheim Hotel
It looks like Oppenheim Architecture + Design has been sending out more press releases about the “international competition” to design the hotel for the vacant site next to the Williamsburgh Savings Bank. In the past few days, ArchDaily and other sites have suddenly picked up on this month-old “story”. Like I said before, the design…