New developer proposes housing, public esplanade, environmental upgrades along Gowanus Canal
New to Brooklyn and New York City, the Lightstone Group, a national real estate development and investment firm with its headquarters in Manhattan, is revisiting a plan for housing along the Gowanus Canal.
The firm is not afraid of the existing pollution, the proposed EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) Superfund cleanup effort or the potential difficulties of finding future tenants.
It is taking steps to deal with all of those issues, including working closely with the EPA, the state Department of Environmental Conservation and the city Department of Environmental Protection.