Tag: development
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Fallout From Housing Official’s Arrest Hits Vulnerable Neighborhoods And Workers
http://www.cityhallnews.com/2011/10/the-wreckage-fallout-from-housing-official’s-arrest-hits-vulnerable-neighborhoods-and-workers/
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Coney’s Axed Eateries May be Back
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/axed_eateries_coney_come_back_VhI3RgAEniCAAtKMsL9kgM
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Douglaston to Develop Third Toll Tower
The Wall Street Journal (via Brownstoner) reports that Douglaston Development, the developer of the Edge condos, has bought a vacant tower site next door at Toll Brother’s Northside Piers development. Douglaston plans to erect a 40-story luxury rental on the site. Both Douglaston and Toll have sites for third towers on their properties – Douglaston…
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NY Housing Official Hit with Corruption Charges
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/07/nyregion/nyc-housing-official-is-among-7-charged-with-bribery.html
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Tweak to the Whole Foods Williamsburg Rumor?
Brownstoner, citing an a direct but unnamed source, is reporting that the rumored Whole Foods at Kent and Metropolitan is not going to be at the Monster Island, but instead on the other side of Kent Avenue. The site in question runs along Kent from Metropolitan to North 3rd, the open lot on the corner…
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Economic Downturn Breeds Stalled Construction Sites
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/united-states/economic-downturn-breeds-stalled-construction-sites-62082.html
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Quadraid Fills In
Quadriad’s North 3rd Street infill Another data point for the continued growth of construction in Williamsburg – Quadriad has (rather quickly) moved forward on the infill portion of its North 3rd Street development. The Bedford Avenue piece finished some time ago, and the Berry section is about to come online. Now the in-between bit is…
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New Condos
The Louver House 268 Wythe Avenue (aka 91 – 93 Metropolitan Avenue) has relaunched as the Louver House (it had been called the Louver Condominium). The new name is an intentional (I assume) play on the name of one of the iconic works of 20th-Century architecture. The project has languished on the market – either…
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In a Bronx Complex, Doing Good Mixes With Looking Good
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/26/arts/design/via-verde-in-south-bronx-rewrites-low-income-housing-rules.html