eminent domain
The new Thunderbolt is located on a publicly owned slice of land adjacent to its former location, which now a vacant, privately owned lot. (Photo by Bensonhurst Bean)The city is weighing plans to grab three abandoned Coney Island lots from developers by invoking the power of eminent domain, which
brooklyn flea
1320 Bowery Street (Source: Google Maps)The four-year-old food-focused spinoff of Brooklyn Flea, Smorgasburg [http://www.smorgasburg.com/], is coming to Coney Island this summer. Commercial Observer reports [http://commercialobserver.com/2015/04/smorgusburg-art-walls-comes-to-coney-island/] that Thor Equities is bringing the weekend festival of food carts to the lot near 1320
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
developer
Source: w00kie via FlickrWhile we didn’t plan on doing another Coney Island story today, with summer on its way and Coney Island still in a transitional period, there’s simply an above average amount of chatter out there. With so many changes on the horizon, we want to give
bj's wholesale club
1752 Shore Parkway, the future home of BJ's (Source: PropertyShark.com)Our sister site Bensonhurst Bean has updated its story on Brooklyn Bay Center [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2011/09/bay-center-gets-city-councils-approval/] , a planned Thor Equities development at 1752 Shore Parkway that will have BJ’s as its primary
Real Estate
Proposed site of Brooklyn Bay Center, featuring BJ's Wholesale ClubBorough President Marty Markowitz gave the green-light to Thor Equities’ plans to build a shopping center near Ceasar’s Bay that would include a BJ’s Wholesale Club [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2011/06/bjs-wholesale-club-bensonhurst-caesars-bay/] , but not without some