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September 20, 2005
74 homes in Ratner's path
The Daily News
by Paul D. Colford
The truth about residents to be displaced by Ratner:
Up to 74 households could be uprooted to make way for Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards project, a new document filed by the developer shows.
The document, which outlines the mixed-use development and Nets basketball arena in advance of an environmental review, says 82 housing units are still occupied within the 21 acres needed.
Of the 82 units, eight are condos or co-ops whose owners have agreed to sell them to Forest City Ratner Cos., and another 32 are rental properties that the developer controls.
At the end of the article, Colford erroneously states:
The new document also elaborates on Ratner's plans for the block at Flatbush and Atlantic Aves. occupied by Modell's and P.C. Richard & Son, even though it's not technically part of the Atlantic Yards project.
NoLandGrab: Au contraire mon frere, the documents released last week mean that "technically" the Atlantic Yards Project has been expanded to include the triangle bounded by 4th Ave. Pacific St. and Flatbush. Unbeknownst to local officials and residents, the initial plan to include this portion was outlined in the double-secret MOU. This memo was eventually discovered and released by Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn.
Officially, the project now straddles Flatbush Ave. This new section, on the tip of Park Slope, was included in the Atlantic Yards Project plan because, under normal circumstance, Ratner would have to go through the local land use review approval process (ULURP). ULURP would lead to a contentious battle with politicians and residents, probably resulting in massive changes to the scale of the building(s). The plan from the start has been to avoid this and use the less stringent State review process (SEQRA).
Posted by lumi at September 20, 2005 8:13 AM