affordable housing
Greenland Forest City Partners, the joint venture of Forest City Ratner [http://www.forestcity.net/offices/new_york/Pages/default.aspx] and China’s Greenland Holding Corp/Greenland USA [http://www.greenlandhk.com/en/BOD.html], have chosen to rename Atlantic Yards as Pacific Park [http://www.pacificparkbrooklyn.com], according
1608 beverley road
Permits are posted and workers are getting down to business at 1608 Beverley Road [/blog/real-estate/new-apartment-building-planned-for-beverley-road], the former circa 1899 brick home between E 16th and E 17th Streets that was demolished a few months back. Plans have been approved and a rendering of the contemporary six story, 12
150 e 2nd street
Looks like there’s going to be a whole lot more living space in the KWT area soon. Between 190-192 E 5th Street [/real-estate/construction-at-190-192-e-5th-street-is-drawing-to-a-close], The Kestrel [/real-estate/more-info-on-33-caton-place-also-known-as-the-kestrel] (which Brownstoner [http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2014/03/leasing-for-windsor-terraces-33-caton-place-aka-the-kestrel-starts-in-june/] says will start leasing in June), and now 150 E 2nd
developments
I don’t think there’s any secret that there’s no love lost between myself and the Breakers condo development (3128 Emmons Avenue), which I’ve alternately referred to as “fugly,” the “fanciest storage unit complex in the borough [/wtf-star-architects-in-sheepshead-bay/],” and marketed by unscrupulous wags [/breakers-condo-agent-misleads-with-fantasy-marina/] (who ultimately pushed
1232 surf avenue
Thor’s vision for its Surf Avenue properties. Source: Thor EquitiesThor Equities, the global urban real estate developer, has announced plans to rent parcels at reduced rates in its new building at the corner of Surf Avenue and Stillwell Avenue in an effort to encourage the growth of local small
developments
1501 Sheepshead Bay RoadA proposed nine-story development may be nixed as the site goes up for sale, giving a sign of hope to opponents who were outraged that the plan’s 101 parking garage would create a traffic nightmare for the area. For sale signs went up at 1501 Sheepshead