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March 30, 2009
CurbedWire: A Double Dose of Gehry-Ratner Hookups
Curbed
It's just a rumor at this juncture, but Curbed is reporting that giant contractor Turner Construction is no longer involved with Forest City's Atlantic Yards project.
FINANCIAL DISTRICT—A tipster sends along an e-mail with a photo of Frank Gehry's Beekman Tower, which—given certain circumstances—should probably be called Fra Geh's Bee Tow. The e-mail was titled "Gehry's skin," but our tipster is a mysterious one. Is this old curvature or a new piece of the puzzle, indicating that actual work is going on down at 8 Spruce Street? Like we said, mysterious. [CurbedWire Inbox]
ATLANTIC YARDS—Speaking of Forest City Ratner-developed projects that may or may not still involve Frank Gehry, a tipster with some inside info has this to say about recent developments with the arena + towers plan: "Turner Construction is out as the contractor. And it's long been assumed that Ratner will not work with Bovis. So who will be brought in as a relief pitcher? And what could this project really be if the person that was leading the charge for all this time is gone?" [CurbedWire Inbox]
Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, Curbed Tipster: Turner Construction Off of Atlantic Yards Job
Small blurb from Curbed, but big news, if it is true.
No Gehry, no contractor...now what?
A tipster tells Curbed that the lead contractor for the Atlantic Yards project, Turner Contstuction, is off the job. Could that be why we saw a Turner Construction truck idling, with purpose, outside of Forest City Ratner's contractor condo offices in the former Spalding Building in the project site (24 Sixth Avenue)?
Posted by eric at March 30, 2009 11:05 PM