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May 10, 2008

Atlantic Yards Showdown Over the Slowdown

Village Voice: Runnin' Scared
Duncan Meisel

Accusations are flying from all sides of the Atlantic Yards debate over the apparent slowdown in developing the Prospect Heights mega-project. In the four and a half years since the project was announced, delays, lawsuits and controversy have dogged the plan, and some are eying a potential endgame for the project. The timetable for completing the project has been pushed back to 2018, and subsidies for the project ballooned out to $2 billion, even as the first phase of the project has shrunk to include only the Nets Stadium and adjacent office tower.

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Posted by amy at May 10, 2008 12:10 PM