Crain's By Theresa Agovino This article about BruceRatner, although largely worshipful, shows the uncertainty of the proposed Atlantic Yards project. Any day now, New York state's highest court will rule on whether eminent domain can be used to clear the site. If its use is barred, the Atlantic Yards project will most likely die. In addition, the developer faces a year-end deadline...
Daily News sports columnist Mike Lupica takes a shot at the owner (for now) of the Nets:[NBA Commissioner] David Stern must be awfully proud of the job BruceRatner has done with the Nets.You know who Ratner really is'Donald Sterling of the Clips on training wheels.Snap. He's said it before.
A Crain's New York Business profile, headlined Tenacious B: BruceRatner must clear yet more do-or-die hurdles at Atlantic Yards, offers a mostly admiring portrait of Forest City Ratner's CEO:The annals of developing large projects in New York City are crammed with tales of the lengthy, torturous paths to completion. After only six years, the quest to transform Brooklyn's Atlantic...
... change its name to Atlantic Yards: The Musical. (Starring Harvey Fierstein as embattled developer BruceRatner!) Today Taymor is meeting with producers to decide whether to proceed or postpone the technically insane project, which is hemorrhaging money like Mr. Orange gushing blood in the back seat of Mr. White's car. Is it gonna be okaaay? link NoLandGrab: We'd enjoy any script for...
... Yormark says, HighPoint Solutions and Barclays—which bought the naming rights to Nets owner BruceRatner's proposed Brooklyn arena at Atlantic Yards—have made a business deal. The Nets are seeing benefits, too. HighPoint has upped its sponsorship to become the official information networking equipment provider at the new arena. NoLandGrab: HighPoint's website mentions...
... the owner of a team that stays in New Jersey (but moves to Newark), the tentative deal he has with BruceRatner would be renegotiated. Nets: come meet injured players (it was their idea!) The Nets' marketing efforts, which include advertising on practice jerseys and a reversible jersey promotion, have gotten a bit more desperate, which is not surprising, given that they're the National...
... Nets basketball franchise. ... But don't expect the gunning down of Kalmanovich to stop Nets owner BruceRatner and Brooklyn developers from salivating over the prospect of netting some of Prokhorov's billions. ... There are other colors also associated with Russian joint ventures: green, for huge sums of laundered money, used for bribes and corruption; and red, for lots and lots...
Battle of Brooklyn via Kickstarter The indefatigable neighborhood activist Patti Hagan gives a pep talk to fledgling small-business owner Emmanuel Volce, who was doing his own economic development before BruceRatner came along to do "economic development" — aided and abetted by New York State. Thanks again to everyone for the support - please spread the word to friends-...
... change its name to Atlantic Yards: The Musical . (Starring Harvey Fierstein as embattled developer BruceRatner!) Today Taymor is meeting with producers to decide whether to proceed or postpone the technically insane project, which is hemorrhaging money like Mr. Orange hemorrhaging blood in the back seat of Mr. White's car. Is it gonna be okaaay? The LA Times obtained a copy of the...
Neighborhood photog Tracy Collins uploaded several satellite photos from Google Maps of the footprint of BruceRatner's Atlantic Yards megaproject, which by his estimates, judging from the state of demolition, date back to August 2008. Today's map, "optimistically(?) indicates the site of the Barclays Center Arena. All buildings south of Pacific in this photo would be demolished....
... the example of The Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn . Right now people in the area surrounding BruceRatner’s giant development project are being forced out of their homes and are being told that the area needs more jobs and that that is more important than their homes. While in 1960 eminent domain was not as prevealnt an issue, as time has gone on and property gotten more...
... Maybe Markowitz ran for a third term in order to hang around for an Atlantic Yards groundbreaking. BruceRatner's megaproject was announced in the middle of Markowitz's first(!) term.
... going to get into the revenues,” she said. article NoLandGrab: Where do you think mall-owner BruceRatner is going to steer traffic from BruceRatner's planned arena?
New York State has one set of rules for BruceRatner and another set of rules for everybody else. Crain's NY Business , Aqueduct bidders told to ante up even more money Governor David Paterson told the site's six bidders Friday that they would each need to pay the state $200 million upfront to win the racetrack's redevelopment game. The bidding to redevelop Aqueduct racetrack into a...
