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September 24, 2008

Barclays Preview

BarclaysHQ-DB.jpg An alert reader called our attention to this photo from Dealbreaker and noted, "Lehman Brothers' HQ grants us a glimpse of Flatbush and Atlantic's dystopian future."

Curbed.com offered up the requisite snark:

And who would've thunk that the Barclays name would be splashed all over a Midtown skyscraper before Brooklyn's Barclays Center even got out of the ground? They might want to rethink those naming rights and save a little cash.

NoLandGrab: According to The New York Times, Barclays can opt out of the naming-rights deal for Bruce Ratner's Nets arena in Brooklyn, if the deal isn't closed by November.

Posted by lumi at September 24, 2008 5:49 AM