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April 18, 2008
Losing a year a week
From "Under Cover," the Downtown Express's real estate column:
At this rate, the new K-8 school on Beekman St. may never open.
A month ago, Forest City Ratner was saying the Beekman St. school would open in 2009. Two weeks ago, the developer pushed the opening to 2010. And now this week, it sounds like the school might not open until 2011.
At a private meeting in Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver’s office, Bruce Ratner reps said the school will definitely be ready in 2010, but it could be too unsafe to let kids inside or near the building until 2011.
That’s because Ratner is also building a Frank Gehry-designed 76-story apartment tower above the school, and they’ll likely still be working on it come September 2010. It doesn’t take a star pupil to figure out that school children and high-rise construction sites aren’t a good mix.
Hardhats, anyone?
NoLandGrab: Don't forget that Ratner's Beekman St. school has been reported to be the most expensive school in NYC history
Also, though the project has received Liberty Bond financing, Ratner has NEVER officially unveiled renderings of the Frank Gehry-designed project.
Posted by lumi at April 18, 2008 5:31 AM