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.

“I’ve always said Concord {read more...}

Compiled by Linda Collins
Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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.

As frequently reported {read more...}

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.

The Brooklyn honorees are:

• Brian Hanson, first vice president of sales in {read more...}

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 {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.

There are only 30 real estate professionals in {read more...}

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 {read more...}

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 {read more...}

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 {read more...}

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 {read more...}

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 {read more...}

• 72 Front St., aka 70 Washington St., in the DUMBO Historic District, an industrial neo-Classical-style factory building {read more...}

BROOKLYN — Fillmore Real Estate, a Brooklyn-based and family-owned business, reports it has launched a new call center.

The center, which can be accessed through the toll-free number 1-800-528-MORE, will handle buyers and sellers’ needs more {read more...}

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 {read more...}

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 {read more...}