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April 5, 2009

Sunday Morning Brownstoner Catchup

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Here are two overlooked entries from this past week:

Ratner Snags Another Property in Yards Footprint

Forest City Ratner closed on a 10,000-square-foot property at 467 Dean Street late last month, reports The Real Deal. The $3 million purchase was the company's first in the footprint of the proposed Atlantic Yards project since February 2007. While we're on the subject, we're surprised FCR hasn't gobbled up 670 Pacific Street yet. It's been on the market for a couple of months already.

Development Watch: 80 Dekalb Facade Spreading

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We saw the first signs of facade work going on at 80 Dekalb two weeks ago. Now look at it!

NoLandGrab: If only there were some way to avoid seeing this over-sized, publicly subsidized monstrosity.

Posted by steve at April 5, 2009 7:46 AM