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MsUnderestimated (Free subscription) | yesterday
Glenn Beck exposes ACORN’s ties to millionaire developer, Bruce Ratner, and his Atlantic Yards project to use eminent domain to consume private property in Brooklyn to build a new New Jersey Nets Stadium. What is their relationship? According to uncovered documents dumped by ACORN, ACORN provided Ratner with “political cover.” Now ACORN is going to [...]
No Land Grab (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
The Brooklyn Blog By Rich Calder As the NJ Nets have fallen from top dogs to dormats, Ratner continues his happy dance: Meet Bruce Ratner. He’s a Brooklyn developer who loves to boast about being “undefeated” in court -- even while his New Jersey Nets are winless on the court. ... Following a favorable ruling on the eminent domain suit by a lower court in May,...
The Sports ITeam Blog (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
In the wake of yesterday’s ruling by the New York Court of Appeals that gives Nets owner Bruce Ratner the green light to seize private homes and businesses for his Atlantic Yards project, activist Scott Turner raises some good questions about how the proposed mega-development has blurred political preconceptions. Ratner’s brother Michael Ratner, the president...
You Been Blinded (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Kenyon Martin played for the New Jersey Nets six years ago and was around Bruce Ratner briefly but that doesn’t mean K-Mart can’t take shots at the Nets Owner. Kenyon says if you need somebody to blame for New Jersey’s overall decline, including the 0-14 start, point your fingers at Ratner. Julian Garcia of the NY [...]
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
The state's highest court Tuesday gave its blessing to developer Bruce Ratner's plans to develop Atlantic Yards.
No Land Grab (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
... by City Hall, the state government and one of the biggest real estate developers in New York, Bruce Ratner, to seize his home through eminent domain for a huge private development project. ... They spoke only hours after the Court of Appeals rejected a suit to halt the project. Some rushed to claim the fight is over, that Ratner has won. Goldstein said he was disappointed,...
No Land Grab (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Atlantic Yards Report Developer Bruce Ratner said yesterday in a statement that "the intent [is] that the Nets will play ball in the Barclays Center in the 2011-2012 NBA Season." The New York Times reported today: The developer expects that it will take about 28 months to build the arena, enabling the Nets to move from East Rutherford, N.J., to Brooklyn around June 2012. The...
SLAM Online (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
... who have never played the game of basketball make decisions, that’s what you get,’ he said. ‘Bruce Ratner came in and made decisions and it affected everything from that point on. The blame for that has to go somewhere. It can’t always be on the players.’ Ratner obviously was trying to save some cash when he sent Martin packing and it ultimately led to the end of the greatest...
Stocks to Watch Today (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Forrest City Enterprises (FCE), the real estate development most often associated with its vice president, Bruce Ratner, this evening hailed a New York State Appeals Court ruling earlier today that upheld the firm’s right to build on 22 acres of land near downtown Brooklyn, in New York City, called the [...]
Atlantic Yards Report (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Developer Bruce Ratner said yesterday in a statement that "the intent [is] that the Nets will play ball in the Barclays Center in the 2011-2012 NBA Season."The New York Times reported today:The developer expects that it will take about 28 months to build the arena, enabling the Nets to move from East Rutherford, N.J., to Brooklyn around June 2012.The season's over by then.So...
No Land Grab (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
NY Post Nets Blog by Fred Kerber Kenyon Martin admitted he still has some warm feelings for the Nets. No sympathy for tonight when the Nuggets and Nets play, but warm feelings. And he still feels something toward the Nets' soon-to-be-ex-owner Bruce Ratner. And it's not warm or good. Ratner, K-Mart said this morning, is why the Nets are a mess right now. article
No Land Grab (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Courts Again Side with Atlantic Yards: Jobs and Affordable Housing to Come to Brooklyn BROOKLYN, NY—Bruce Ratner, CEO and Chairman of Forest City Ratner Companies, issued the following statement today regarding the NYS Court of Appeals ruling in favor of the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn. The Court's ruling upholds the State’s right to use eminent domain given...
The InterNets (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
... have never played the game of basketball make decisions, that's what you get," he said. "Bruce Ratner came in and made decisions and it affected everything from that point on. The blame for that has to go somewhere. It can't always be on the players." Ratner obviously was trying to save some cash when he sent Martin packing and it ultimately led to the end of...
No Land Grab (Free subscription) | yesterday
Senator Paterson Opposed Eminent Domain Abuse. Does Governor Paterson? The Huffington Post by Daniel Goldstein Does Governor David Paterson want Prospect Heights, Brooklyn to be his New London, Connecticut? It's up to him. After last week's ruling by New York's high court—that the state could seize homes and businesses for Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards development proposal because...
No Land Grab (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Here's a round-up of news stories reporting on Moody's assigning of a Baa3 rating to Bruce Ratner's arena debt, including some must-read explanations from Field of Schemes , NY Fiscal Watch , and others. Eliot Brown of the New York Observer is also reporting that Standard & Poor's has assigned the arena debt a BBB- rating, its proprietary shorthand for one step about junk. Field...
