There will be an Open House at 24 Remsen Street this Sunday (5/16) from noon – 2pm hosted by MyHomeBrooklyn. The property is currently high-end rentals but was redeveloped with condos in mind. MHB’s Donald Brennan tells us, “The point of the open house is not to promote this property itself, with its walk-in closets, […]
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DDDB’s Goldstein’s Payday
Cobble Hill Blog asks what Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn’s Daniel Goldstein should do with his $3 million dollar settlement in the Atlantic Yards saga – Should Goldstein take the money and buy a nice home? Should he stick it to the man and use it to fight against the project? Or should he take the “I’m […]
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Eagle: No Extra Stories for 75 Clinton
We previously noted the possibility that the owner of 75 Clinton, the eight story office building on the east side of Clinton between Montague and Remsen now being converted to condos, might try to add an additional six stories to the building. It seems this isn’t going to happen: Brooklyn Eagle: The owner of the […]
Word On The Street at 75 Livingston
As if the Chopper Wars hadn’t been grueling enough—we recently received a tip that a 7-Eleven was possibly moving into the retail space at 75 Livingston St. We put on our investigative hats and went to the scene, where Fred the Safety Manager helpfully set things straight. For those who don’t know, a new facade—not […]
Pearsall to Eagle: I’m Against Plan to Add 6 More Stories to 75 Clinton
Brownstoner reports today that work has begun “in earnest” to convert the former Bankruptcy Court building at 75 Clinton Street to condos. Plans filed for the flip in 2007 called for an addition of 6 stories. The blog adds that there’s no sign of steel work on the roof and speculates that the owners, Clinton Realty […]
DUMBO Neighborhood Foundation Seeks Support to Oppose Dock Street
Although Two Trees Management Co., LLC, the Walentas family’s development entity, has received the permissions necessary to proceed with the controversial Dock Street project, opposition to it continues. The DUMBO Neighborhood Foundation has set up a website explaining opposition to the project, and seeking donations to finance further legal or regulatory challenges. Other community groups […]
Toll Brothers to Build in DUMBO?
Toll Brothers, whose plans for development along the Gowanus Canal may be stymied if the Canal is declared a superfund site, has purchased a vacant lot bounded by Water, Jay, Bridge and Plymouth streets, in DUMBO, and may seek to build a high rise residential building there. The Brooklyn Paper: The mammoth suburban developers — […]
Brooklyn’s Next Boomtown is Next Door
According to Rich Calder in The New York Post, to find Brooklyn’s newest hot residential area, you need only cross Cadman Plaza or Court Street between Tillary Street and Atlantic Avenue:
Times: Walentas May be Two Years from Breaking Ground on Dock Street
In an interview by Vivian Marino in The New York Times, David Walentas, responding to a question about opposition to his Dock Street project in DUMBO, said this: Some of the community people who oppose it have filed a lawsuit; we don’t think it has merit. But that will probably take six months to get […]
City Officials to Discuss Park Plans This Evening
According to The Brooklyn Paper, this evening’s meeting at LICH hosted by Sen. Squadron will shed light on the City’s plans concerning further work on Brooklyn Bridge Park beyond the completion of Piers 1 and 6. Bloomberg administration officials will be on hand at a meeting tonight at Long Island College Hospital — a meeting […]
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