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Calpers Weighs Booting BlackRock

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:28:44 +0000

CRAIG KARMIN Calpers is leaning toward dumping BlackRock Inc. as a real-estate adviser after the firm steered the nation's largest pension fund into a disastrous investment in the Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town apartment complex, according to people familiar with the situation. The ...

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Happy Thanksgiving.

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:48:41 +0000

No gravy this year, just Russian dressing (the gravy was used up on Forest City Ratner's gravy train). On a more serious note, we offer our gratitude at this time of thanks giving to all of our supporters as we close the sixth year of the ongoing, grassroots community fight against ...

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Nets CEO Yormark optimistic about the bond sale, says team will recover from losing streak

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:03:31 +0000

New Jersey Nets CEO Brett Yormark appeared yesterday on WFAN's Boomer & Carton to talk about the team and Court of Appeals' dismissal of the Atlantic Yards lawsuit."It was a big moment for all of us, especially Bruce Ratner," Yormark said, saluting his boss. "He's been fighting so many battles ...

No Land Grab found this 10 hours ago on atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com

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Atlantic Yards "Cloud" Lifted, But Fog Remains: What About the Bonds?

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:01:08 +0000

So is the long-heralded arrival of Atlantic Yards finally at hand, or what? According to the front page of today's Times (echoed on its sports page), the answer is yes: Following yesterday's appeals court ruling, which dismissed challenges to the...

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Maps: Sad State of NYC Storefronts Yields Exciting Mapping Opportunity!

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:00:00 +0000

We're a bit obsessed with PropertyShark's latest ambitious map experiment, despite it dragging us into the depths of commercial real estate boredom. But this is fun, we swear! The PropShark team is out on the streets gathering intel on every empty retail storefront —contacting the ...

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Mindblowing Megasales: Nolita's Candle Building Sells for $20 Million Off Original Price

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:15:27 +0000

It would be no understatement to say that Curbed HQ was rocked by the news that 11 Spring —Nolita's historic, graffiti-covered, buffed, restored, renovated and overall gorgeous Candle Building—went into contract. Now we're getting rocked all over again, because the deed has been ...

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Statement by NYS Senator Velmanette Montgomery on Eminent Domain Ruling

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:47:44 +0000

Todays Court of Appeals decision is a defeat for every property owner in the great State of New York. In finding against the plaintiffs in this landmark case, where citizens bravely persevered in the face of a state agency determined to seize their land for a misbegotten private developmentthe ...

No Land Grab found this 23 hours ago on dddb.net

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Brooklyn couple wants Gov. Paterson to stop Ratner's eminent domain win

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:57:00 +0000

For the past six years, a perfectly habitable eight-story condo building has stood virtually empty on Pacific St. in Brooklyn 's Prospect Heights . Only one of the building's 31 apartments has been occupied in that time - this in a city with thousands of homeless people and tens of thousands of ...

Atlantic Yards Report found this 34 hours ago on nydailynews.com

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Atlantic Yards Project in Brooklyn Clears Final Major Hurdle

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:26:30 +0000

Bruce C. Ratner at the site of the Atlantic Yards project in 2008.

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Eminent Domain Plaintiff Refuses To Surrender

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:31:34 +0000

‘We Were Invaded,’ Says David Sheets By Samuel Newhouse Brooklyn Daily Eagle DEAN STREET – Despite losing a legal battle Tuesday, one plaintiff in the Atlantic Yards appeal says the war shall rage on. David Sheets, 48, a longtime neighborhood resident who lives

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New York Court of Appeals Upholds Atlantic Yards Condemnations

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:52:18 +0000

The New York Court of Appeals has issued its opinion in Goldstein v. New York State Urban Development Corporation , an important property rights case. The 6–1 decision upholds the condemnation of numerous properties in the Atlantic Yards area for the purpose of transferring them to powerful ...

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Governor Paterson's Own New London

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:20:46 +0000

Governor Paterson's Brooklyn legacy, should he allow eminent domain for Atlantic Yards to go forward...

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YouTube: From the DDDB press conference - A vow to continue fighting (video)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:33:00 +0000

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From the DDDB press conference: a vow to continue fighting

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:31:01 +0000

This post will be updated.At Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn press conference yesterday outside Freddy's Bar & Backroom, slated for condemnation, DDDB spokesman Daniel Goldstein was careful to describe Atlantic Yards as a "proposed project" and to say that "the fight against the abusive, corrupt ...

City Room found this 30 hours ago on atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com

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The Brian Lehrer Show: Affordable Housing in NYC (November 24, 2009)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:00:00 +0000

I've always wondered why the retail & business sector have not been more active in the debate over the high cost of housing in New York. With such a high percentage of New Yorkers salaries going to rent (as most studies show), that is all money that is not being dispersed to other businesses. In ...

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PriceUpper: Looking for Foreign Buyers, Midtown's Cassa Raises Prices

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:31:01 +0000

For those who've been wondering: yes, Midtown's Cassa NY hotel/condo is still ignoring the recession. Shortly after taking over from the Marketing Directors, which sold 40 percent of the building, brokerage Prodigy International -- hired to wave starchitect Enrique Norten's name in front of ...

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No One Here But Us Chickens

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:00:18 +0000

I know that on Thanksgiving day it is incredibly impolitic to turn the attention away from the season's favorite bird, but I want to interrupt your holiday mirth with a warning. Risks in world markets are rising and it is now time to contemplate positioning for what could be a coming "echo ...

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Zoning Busters: High Line Hardship Building Trimmed Again, and APPROVED!

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:51:24 +0000

Kiss those views into Diane von Furstenberg's studio from the lower half of The Standard goodbye. The Board of Standards & Appeals has approved the zoning variances being sought by Meatpacking District developers/landlords the Romanoff family to build a glassy new commercial building at ...

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Tuesday Townhouse: Preservationist's Zany Victorian Townhouse Hits Market In Harlem

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:53:00 +0000

Welcome back to Tuesday Townhouse: A look at a new-to-market townhouse that is rocking our world. Today: Harlem! Last week's townhouse came with a museum, this week's was restored by someone who works in museums. Owner and professional preservationist Hugh Crean made this townhouse at ...

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Stuyvesant Tenants May Ask Court to Set Rent

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:10:22 +0000

Via Reuters Attorneys for tenants in a vast New York City apartment complex said they would ask the state court to set the next 2010 rents if negotiations with landlord Tishman Speyer are unsuccessful. The tenants lawyers also want Tishman Speyer to hand over control of an escrow account ...

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