Tag: development
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Monster Island Going Down – What’s Next?
Monster Island, prepped for demolition. The block-sized property on Kent Avenue between Metropolitan and North 1st is finally getting demolished. Sidewalk sheds and permits went up early this week, and demolition of one of the River Street buildings was in progress as of yesterday. What the future holds for this site is unclear. The property…
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Condo Tenants Ticketed After Developer Left No Room for Trash
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20121206/williamsburg/condo-tenants-ticketed-after-architects-left-no-room-for-trash-they-say#ixzz2EIk7hMrR
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SL Green Comes to Williamsburg
http://commercialobserver.com/2012/12/sl-green-realty-corp-to-make-its-foray-into-the-brooklyn-residential-market/
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More on the Sweater Factory Lofts
I linked briefly to the New York Times article on the ongoing Sweater Factory saga. Herewith, some more thoughts: “It’s not crime and disinvestment that’s the enemy of the working-class jobs here anymore,” said Leah Archibald, the director of the East Williamsburg Valley Industrial Development Corporation, a nonprofit entity that administers the Industrial Business Zone.…
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At Loft Conversion, City ‘Stop Work’ Order Failed to Stop It for Long
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/04/nyregion/at-brooklyn-loft-angry-neighbors-and-dozens-of-violations.html?ref=nyregion
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Above the Flooded Plain – Did New Waterfront Developments Fare Better?
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20121125/REAL_ESTATE/311259973
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Rethinking Building Code, Post Sandy
From the Times, some opening thoughts on revamping the building code in a post-hurricane city. The focus for now is on how to build better in a rising-sea level world, versus just not building in Zone A at all (as a rather silly recent “resolution” from Community Board 1 wants). As the Times notes, some…
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West Street Land Sells in Greenpoint
http://www.costar.com/News/Article/West-Street-Land-Sells-in-Greenpoint/142432
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Greenpoint Developer Wants to Build 10 Huge Towers, Giant Bridge
Vernon Avenue Bridge (demolished in 1954) Source: Novelty Theater It’s not exactly new news, but Gothamist has a piece up on the proposed mega-development at the top of Greenpoint. Not news because what’s proposed is exactly what the city approved in the 2005 waterfront rezoning. Aside from the proposed bridge to Hunters Point, the only…