‘People Who Live Here Feel They Are Part of the Community at Large’
By Linda Collins
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Some residents of Concord Village, the seven-building, 1,025-unit co-op complex at Adams and Tillary streets in Downtown Brooklyn, think of it as an island in the middle of a sea of courthouses, college buildings and traffic.
Others view it as an integral part of the Downtown Brooklyn community and still others see it as a haven.
Maybe it’s all three.
FORT GREENE — Forest City Ratner Companies (FCRC) reports it has awarded Hunt Construction Group the construction contract for the Barclays Arena at Atlantic Yards.
The Indianapolis-based construction company will be working with arena designers Ellerbe Becket and SHoP Architects, and will be using “a structural steel superstructure frame with structural precast seating bowl and a weathered steel rain screen facade,” according to a published statement.
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS— Massey Knakal Realty Services honored two Brooklyn brokers at its annual award ceremony on Jan. 27. The event, held this year at the Brooklyn office in Brooklyn Heights and honored “some of the finest” in the firm.
FORT GREENE — The Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership (the Partnership) is hosting an exhibition of plans for the Myrtle Avenue Pedestrian Plaza through Feb. 13 at a vacant storefront at 352 Myrtle Ave. between Carlton
According to the New York Times, the city Housing Authority wants to demolish the now-vacant Prospect Plaza housing project in Brownsville and rebuild the complex. The project, built in 1974, was deteriorating, but the Times blames the decision to tear {read more...}
BOERUM HILL — Roger Thomas, a new Halstead Property agent in the Boerum Hill office, has completed training and earned the prestigious Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE) designation, having completed extensive training in foreclosure avoidance and short sales.
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — It’s been noted that the three new residential towers along Flatbush Avenue Extension are redefining the Downtown Brooklyn skyline.
But they’re also changing the look and feel of the street itself.
“It feels like you’re in a whole different city,” said Brooklyn Heights resident (and Eagle reporter)Mary Frost, after walking down the stretch of Flatbush Avenue Extension from south of Myrtle Avenue to north of Johnson Street, where the three new towers are. “And you
With 421(a) Tax Exemption,
Units Subject to Rent Stabilization
By Linda Collins
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
BUSHWICK — The board of the State of New York Mortgage Agency (SONYMA) last week approved a commitment to insure a $37.5 million mortgage on an apartment building in Bushwick that was originally built as condominium units.
The insurance commitment is for a mortgage issued by the Community Preservation Corp. (CPC) for the development at 114-136 Troutman St.
The project, known as Troutman Gardens, has already begun leasing apartments and
Work on Retail Component on Target for Spring Start Date
By Linda Collins
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — The new design for City Point in Downtown Brooklyn got preliminary approval Monday from the city’s Public Design Commission.
“We’re expecting final approval in mid-March,” said Tom Montvel-Cohen, a consultant for the development team.
Montvel-Cohen told the Eagle on Wednesday there are still a few revisions to be made, so the renderings are not yet available. Additionally, the final construction drawings must be presented to the
Also on Agenda: Avalon Fort Greene, Oro Developments
By Linda Collins
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Although he qualified his remarks about his Red Hook [Revere Sugar] development site by saying, “In a perfect world,” developer Joe Sitt did confirm that his plan is for a development with retail at its base and residential — possibly even student housing — above the retail.
Sitt, principal of Thor Equities and a member of the Brooklyn Real Estate Roundtable Steering Committee, was speaking at the
Objects to Store’s Bracket Sign in DUMBO,
Questions Rear-Yard Addition in Heights
By Linda Collins
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
BROOKLYN — The Historic Districts Council (HDC), the citywide advocate for the city’s historic neighborhoods, offers the following pre-hearing testimony on items before the Landmarks Preservation
CLINTON HILL — Distinguished architects David Adjaye, Peter Cook and Pratt Institute alumnus Rodney Leon will share their work and experiences on various design projects that relate to the African American heritage as
Development Team Proposes 10
Additional 3-Bedrooms
By Linda Collins
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
WILLIAMSBURG — Newly-elected City Council Member Stephen Levin has urged the City Planning Commission (CPC) to disapprove the multi-building, mixed-use waterfront development known as Rose Plaza on the River in Williamsburg.
Levin, who replaced David Yassky in representing Williamsburg, outlined for the commissioners four major concerns and several minor ones he had, including its insufficient amount of affordable housing (only 20 percent; he recommends 33 percent); its inadequate mix of units (he