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AvalonBay's Downtown Brooklyn tower at 100 Willoughby St., designed by SLCE Architects, is going to be the borough's tallest building – usurping neighboring 388 Bridge St., which topped out in 2013. … Full Article

One is not enough. The steel skeleton of Brooklyn's second Whole Foods looms behind the construction fence at this prime Williamsburg site. … Full Article

Residential projects are percolating all over Williamsburg. But the development at 19 Kent Ave. promises to be something special – it's going to be Brooklyn's first new-from-the-ground-up speculative office building since World War II. … Full Article

The devastation dealt by Hurricane Sandy created many thousands of recovery stories in the metropolitan area, some small and personal, others sweeping and corporate, like the rebuilt Fairway in Red Hook. … Full Article

A peaceful crowd lined up outside a shoe store on Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn over this past weekend for the latest sneaker sensation, Air Jordan 11 “Gamma Blues.” The $200 sneakers are so popular that fights broke out over them across the country before Christmas.  … Full Article

The opening of Whole Foods at 3rd Avenue and 3rd Street on Dec. … Full Article

Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) says it is looking for feedback from the public on the seven proposals it has received for redeveloping the site of the Brooklyn Heights Branch Library. … Full Article

The testimony of a Staten Island undercover police officer who was blocked from viewing a suspected drug sale is not sufficient to sustain a drug conviction, the Brooklyn Appellate Division ruled. … Full Article

Ricardo Tamura, born in Sao Paolo, Brazil, of Japanese and Syrian parentage, had his career as a scientist all set up for him except for the fact that he also loved to sing. … Full Article

An evicted tenant who regains possession of his apartment cannot be re-evicted under the original eviction notice, a Brooklyn judge ruled. … Full Article