Astute comment on NYT article on 5 Ways to Fix NYC Housing Crisis: learn a lesson from #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK delays
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December 2, 2024 at 1:06 AM
Astute comment on NYT article on 5 Ways to Fix NYC Housing Crisis: learn a lesson from #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK delays
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Transparency fail: why, in a June 2024 discussion about proposed development at #AtlanticYards Site 5, parcel catercorner to #BarclaysCenter, did #EmpireStateDevelopment officials not disclose changes they'd already backed in 2021?
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#PacificParkBK
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#PacificParkBK
December 27, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Transparency fail: why, in a June 2024 discussion about proposed development at #AtlanticYards Site 5, parcel catercorner to #BarclaysCenter, did #EmpireStateDevelopment officials not disclose changes they'd already backed in 2021?
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#PacificParkBK
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Former Temple of Restoration on Dean Street, in Redfin's "hottest" Prospect Heights, set for alteration into eight apartments, likely condos.
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In between #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK towers
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In between #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK towers
May 3, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Former Temple of Restoration on Dean Street, in Redfin's "hottest" Prospect Heights, set for alteration into eight apartments, likely condos.
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In between #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK towers
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In between #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK towers
#PacificParkBK Digest: Affordable Housing Delay, New Developer, and New Questions
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Alarm, outrage, & unresolved blight.
"Forget it, Jake, it's #AtlanticYards."
Meanwhile, BSE Global continues its "ecosystem" expansion.
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Alarm, outrage, & unresolved blight.
"Forget it, Jake, it's #AtlanticYards."
Meanwhile, BSE Global continues its "ecosystem" expansion.
June 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
#PacificParkBK Digest: Affordable Housing Delay, New Developer, and New Questions
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Alarm, outrage, & unresolved blight.
"Forget it, Jake, it's #AtlanticYards."
Meanwhile, BSE Global continues its "ecosystem" expansion.
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Alarm, outrage, & unresolved blight.
"Forget it, Jake, it's #AtlanticYards."
Meanwhile, BSE Global continues its "ecosystem" expansion.
Letter largely echoes positions/issues raised by BrooklynSpeaks coalition
(doesn't address scale/density)
Also in roundup:
--partial answers from ESD to my Qs
--a former neighbor's lament about disruption
--a Flatbush Ave. alert
-- six weeks of links
2/2 #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK #BarclaysCenter
(doesn't address scale/density)
Also in roundup:
--partial answers from ESD to my Qs
--a former neighbor's lament about disruption
--a Flatbush Ave. alert
-- six weeks of links
2/2 #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK #BarclaysCenter
April 9, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Letter largely echoes positions/issues raised by BrooklynSpeaks coalition
(doesn't address scale/density)
Also in roundup:
--partial answers from ESD to my Qs
--a former neighbor's lament about disruption
--a Flatbush Ave. alert
-- six weeks of links
2/2 #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK #BarclaysCenter
(doesn't address scale/density)
Also in roundup:
--partial answers from ESD to my Qs
--a former neighbor's lament about disruption
--a Flatbush Ave. alert
-- six weeks of links
2/2 #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK #BarclaysCenter
“Here to support my developers”: How Mayor Adams' giant 395 Flatbush Ext. tower might signal a boost for the #AtlanticYards Site 5 plan & possible Cirrus deal for #PacificParkBK railyard sites
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May 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
“Here to support my developers”: How Mayor Adams' giant 395 Flatbush Ext. tower might signal a boost for the #AtlanticYards Site 5 plan & possible Cirrus deal for #PacificParkBK railyard sites
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Why is this time different for #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK?
No new plan (scope/timing) yet, but new "permitted developers" Cirrus & LCOR cite agreement with labor (union pension funds supply capital), "mission-driven equity," focus on multiple income levels (not condos)... 2/
No new plan (scope/timing) yet, but new "permitted developers" Cirrus & LCOR cite agreement with labor (union pension funds supply capital), "mission-driven equity," focus on multiple income levels (not condos)... 2/
October 9, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Why is this time different for #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK?
No new plan (scope/timing) yet, but new "permitted developers" Cirrus & LCOR cite agreement with labor (union pension funds supply capital), "mission-driven equity," focus on multiple income levels (not condos)... 2/
No new plan (scope/timing) yet, but new "permitted developers" Cirrus & LCOR cite agreement with labor (union pension funds supply capital), "mission-driven equity," focus on multiple income levels (not condos)... 2/
So, newcomers embracing Prospect Heights (and 595 Dean #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK) especially like McMahon's Public House.
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That's fine.
Some, though, may remember O'Connor's.
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That's fine.
Some, though, may remember O'Connor's.
April 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
So, newcomers embracing Prospect Heights (and 595 Dean #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK) especially like McMahon's Public House.
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That's fine.
Some, though, may remember O'Connor's.
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That's fine.
Some, though, may remember O'Connor's.
Flashback: "Atlantic Yards Is ___"?
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The gnomic question persists. A look at many changes, far more than anyone contemplated when those posters went up.
#AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK #BarclaysCenter
Photo: @threecee.bsky.social
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The gnomic question persists. A look at many changes, far more than anyone contemplated when those posters went up.
#AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK #BarclaysCenter
Photo: @threecee.bsky.social
Flashback: "Atlantic Yards Is ___"?
The gnomic question persists. A look at many changes.
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November 20, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Flashback: "Atlantic Yards Is ___"?
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The gnomic question persists. A look at many changes, far more than anyone contemplated when those posters went up.
#AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK #BarclaysCenter
Photo: @threecee.bsky.social
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The gnomic question persists. A look at many changes, far more than anyone contemplated when those posters went up.
#AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK #BarclaysCenter
Photo: @threecee.bsky.social
Letter from myself and several colleagues urging the State to hold the Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park developers accountable and help us deliver more affordable housing in Brooklyn.
June 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
First public workshop on #AtlanticYards future (density, open space, affordability) set for Nov. 18. (2 hrs!)
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Does new map, w/o 6 railyard tower sites outlined, suggest potential reconfiguration?
Would public input have much effect?
#PacificParkBK
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Does new map, w/o 6 railyard tower sites outlined, suggest potential reconfiguration?
Would public input have much effect?
#PacificParkBK
November 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
First public workshop on #AtlanticYards future (density, open space, affordability) set for Nov. 18. (2 hrs!)
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Does new map, w/o 6 railyard tower sites outlined, suggest potential reconfiguration?
Would public input have much effect?
#PacificParkBK
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Does new map, w/o 6 railyard tower sites outlined, suggest potential reconfiguration?
Would public input have much effect?
#PacificParkBK
Even before May 31 deadline for #AtlanticYards affordable units, there's May 12 deadline2 start the #PacificParkBK platform, which protects working railyard
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Time for an "Unavoidable Delays" escape hatch? Could penalty affect Greenland's Site 5 effort?
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Time for an "Unavoidable Delays" escape hatch? Could penalty affect Greenland's Site 5 effort?
March 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Even before May 31 deadline for #AtlanticYards affordable units, there's May 12 deadline2 start the #PacificParkBK platform, which protects working railyard
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Time for an "Unavoidable Delays" escape hatch? Could penalty affect Greenland's Site 5 effort?
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/03/even...
Time for an "Unavoidable Delays" escape hatch? Could penalty affect Greenland's Site 5 effort?
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#AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK
#affordablehousing next to #BarclaysCenter
#AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK
#affordablehousing next to #BarclaysCenter
Tenants at 38 Sixth Ave. gain "significant victory" in lawsuit vs. landlord Avanath: agreement regarding front door access, roach problem, broken intercoms.
In what a tenant representative called a "significant victory," the landlord of "100% affordable" 38 Sixth Avenue, Avanath Capital...
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December 21, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Who's the "Lender"/Creditor Now? Who Controls the EB-5 Loan Collateral?
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The future of 6 #AtlanticYards development sites relies on murky transactions among #PacificParkBK developers, immigrant investors, the U.S. Immigration Fund, & Fortress Investment Group.
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The future of 6 #AtlanticYards development sites relies on murky transactions among #PacificParkBK developers, immigrant investors, the U.S. Immigration Fund, & Fortress Investment Group.
April 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Who's the "Lender"/Creditor Now? Who Controls the EB-5 Loan Collateral?
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The future of 6 #AtlanticYards development sites relies on murky transactions among #PacificParkBK developers, immigrant investors, the U.S. Immigration Fund, & Fortress Investment Group.
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The future of 6 #AtlanticYards development sites relies on murky transactions among #PacificParkBK developers, immigrant investors, the U.S. Immigration Fund, & Fortress Investment Group.
What does "successful" mean when it comes to #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK?
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Is 595 Dean a "Successful Project"?
To one real-estate journalist, all looks fine (and supplies fodder to dis Atlantic Yards opponents). But there's more reason for doubt.
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December 11, 2024 at 7:55 PM
What does "successful" mean when it comes to #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK?
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Agenda for #AtlanticYards meeting Tuesday: "public engagement process planning."
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Also, developer Cirrus ramps up lobbying, both city and state.
#PacificParkBK
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Also, developer Cirrus ramps up lobbying, both city and state.
#PacificParkBK
Agenda for Atlantic Yards meeting: "public engagement process planning." Also, developer Cirrus ramps up lobbying, both city and state.
So Empire State Development (ESD) has released the Agenda for the July 15 meeting of the purportedly advisory Atlantic Yards Community Dev...
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July 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Agenda for #AtlanticYards meeting Tuesday: "public engagement process planning."
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Also, developer Cirrus ramps up lobbying, both city and state.
#PacificParkBK
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Also, developer Cirrus ramps up lobbying, both city and state.
#PacificParkBK
Now there's a new firm involved in the #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK joint venture, LCOR normanoder.substack.com/p/as-housing...
May 29, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Now there's a new firm involved in the #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK joint venture, LCOR normanoder.substack.com/p/as-housing...
NY Times columnist laments public spending on sports venues, provokes support and defense.
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The Barclays Center, though, didn't catalyze promised benefits in the larger #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK project in Brooklyn.
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The Barclays Center, though, didn't catalyze promised benefits in the larger #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK project in Brooklyn.
NY Times columnist laments public spending on sports venues, provokes support and defense. The Barclays Center, though, didn't catalyze promised benefits.
Sports Stadiums Are Monuments to the Poverty of Our Ambitions , New York Times columnist Binyamin Appelbaum wrote May 28: People who say tha...
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June 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
NY Times columnist laments public spending on sports venues, provokes support and defense.
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/06/ny-t...
The Barclays Center, though, didn't catalyze promised benefits in the larger #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK project in Brooklyn.
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The Barclays Center, though, didn't catalyze promised benefits in the larger #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK project in Brooklyn.
With short-notice Atlantic Yards CDC meeting scheduled for Thursday, is update coming on new "permitted developers"?
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Will "Community Engagement" start?
#PacificParkBK
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Will "Community Engagement" start?
#PacificParkBK
With short-notice Atlantic Yards CDC meeting scheduled for Thursday, is update coming on new "permitted developers"? Will "Community Engagement" start?
In August, state officials said they had extended the suspension of enforcement and even accrual of $1.75 million a month in liquidated dam...
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October 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
With short-notice Atlantic Yards CDC meeting scheduled for Thursday, is update coming on new "permitted developers"?
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/10/with...
Will "Community Engagement" start?
#PacificParkBK
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Will "Community Engagement" start?
#PacificParkBK
Atlantic Yards Digest and Meeting Preview: New Development Team, Light Penalties, Murky Plans
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Will "Community Engagement," starting tonight, help shape a new #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK plan or ratify what's already cooking?
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Will "Community Engagement," starting tonight, help shape a new #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK plan or ratify what's already cooking?
November Digest and Meeting Preview: New Development Team, Light Penalties, Murky Plans
Will "Community Engagement," starting tonight, help shape a new plan or ratify what's already cooking?
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November 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Atlantic Yards Digest and Meeting Preview: New Development Team, Light Penalties, Murky Plans
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Will "Community Engagement," starting tonight, help shape a new #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK plan or ratify what's already cooking?
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Will "Community Engagement," starting tonight, help shape a new #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK plan or ratify what's already cooking?
Weekly Digest: Modular Catch-Up, & Foreclosure Considerations normanoder.substack.com/p/weekly-dig...
No, 461 Dean didn't save 20% on construction. A modular successor raises doubts.
Will foreclosure finally proceed for railyard sites? Has EB-5 middleman stepped back?
#AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK
Weekly Digest: Modular Catch-Up, and Foreclosure Considerations
No, 461 Dean didn't save 20% on construction. A modular successor raises doubts. Will foreclosure finally proceed for railyard sites? Has EB-5 middleman stepped back?
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January 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Weekly Digest: Modular Catch-Up, & Foreclosure Considerations normanoder.substack.com/p/weekly-dig...
No, 461 Dean didn't save 20% on construction. A modular successor raises doubts.
Will foreclosure finally proceed for railyard sites? Has EB-5 middleman stepped back?
#AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK
Does #AtlanticYards simply need "a new push," as former state official suggests?
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Or, as @bkbpreynoso.bsky.social warns, might a state bailout for #PacificParkBK be coming?
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Or, as @bkbpreynoso.bsky.social warns, might a state bailout for #PacificParkBK be coming?
Does Atlantic Yards simply need "a new push," as former state official suggests? Or, as Brooklyn BP Reynoso warns, might a state bailout be coming?
The lesson of my recent coverage of Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park is that the state officials who should know the most don't know much (or are...
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April 2, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Does #AtlanticYards simply need "a new push," as former state official suggests?
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/04/does...
Or, as @bkbpreynoso.bsky.social warns, might a state bailout for #PacificParkBK be coming?
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/04/does...
Or, as @bkbpreynoso.bsky.social warns, might a state bailout for #PacificParkBK be coming?
Is oft-postponed #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK foreclosure auction really on for Jan. 27? The pattern has been delay.
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January 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Is oft-postponed #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK foreclosure auction really on for Jan. 27? The pattern has been delay.
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