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July 12, 2008
Forest City in New York News
Probation Office to Share Building With Elite Brooklyn Hts. School Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Not only is the Brooklyn House of Detention looking to expand in Boerum Hill, but now a federal probation office is set to open next month at 147 Pierrepont St. (One Pierrepont Plaza) in Brooklyn Heights, the same building that houses middle and high school classrooms and a computer center for the prestigious Saint Ann’s School.
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According to Robert Perris, district manager of Community Board 2, the probation office has signed a 10-year lease for the space. It is owned by Forest City Ratner, who Garoppolo says, “did their due diligence in checking us out. They met with our officers, looked at our current space and had about 100 questions for me. They realized that [for the neighborhood] it wouldn’t be any different from having the US Attorney’s office there.”
Some like Seaport plan’s tower, others say build a school Downtown Express
Unless General Growth Properties adds a school to its plan to overhaul the Seaport, Community Board 1’s leader won’t support the plan.
Julie Menin, chairperson of the board, made that clear when she spoke Tuesday night at the first public meeting on General Growth’s plans for Pier 17. General Growth hopes to build a 495-foot hotel and condo tower in the Seaport, along with lower-rise retail, a boutique hotel and a large open plaza.
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The neighborhood already has a 76-story tower going up on Beekman St., she said. Developer Forest City Ratner is building the tower, which will contain a new K-8 school.
“It’s all the high-rise we need and more for the next millennium,” Brown said.
Posted by amy at July 12, 2008 8:53 AM