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February 20, 2007
Developer gets the ball rolling on Nets arena construction
NY Daily News
By Rachel Monahan
The News brings you the developer's spin on today's news from an unnamed "source," jobs for women- and minority-owned firms:
The Brooklyn Nets arena has finally got game.
Construction begins today on the MTA's Atlantic Yards, over which the arena is to be built, said a source familiar with development plans.
"It is the first work that's being done on the yards and ... the first step toward the project," he said.
A. Russo Wrecking is to begin demolishing a bus depot to create a temporary railyard on the eastern edge of the project, developer Forest City Ratner is expected to announce today.
The wrecking company won one of the largest of the more than $600,000 in initial construction contracts awarded to female- and minority-owned businesses.
"We signed a community-benefits agreement, and this is obviously part of that, and something we're very proud of," the source said.
MESSAGE OF THE DAY:
This women/minority-owned demolition is brought to you by the letters F, C, and R and the number, "600,000."
Posted by lumi at February 20, 2007 7:34 AM