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December 24, 2009
No, Atlantic Yards is much more than a sports story; it's a development story
Atlantic Yards Report
The New York Times relegated the Atlantic Yards master closing story to two paragraphs in the Sports section.
Now that the days of original web site bball.net are over, it should go without saying that Atlantic Yards is more a real estate development and government story than a sports story, but apparently it has to be said. (The original Times coverage yesterday appeared on the CityRoom blog.)
From the POS
Just for a sense of what's at stake, consider this excerpt from the Barclays Center Preliminary Offering Statement (POS), prepared by underwriter Goldman Sachs:
The following documents related to the Arena Project (together with certain other documents and letters of credit related to other portions of the Atlantic Yards Project as described and set forth in the Commencement Agreement, the “Vesting Title Documents”) will be released from escrow and recorded (as applicable) promptly following the date that ESDC files the order entered by the New York State Supreme Court, Kings County granting the condemnation petition, together with acquisition maps and any required bond or undertaking, with the City Register, Kings County and the satisfaction of certain other conditions pertaining to required improvements to the transit system on the Arena Block (the “Vesting Title Conditions”): (1) the Development Agreement, (2) the Arena Block Declaration, (3) the DEP Easement, (4) the Arena Premises Interim Lease Agreement (and a memorandum thereof), (5) the Lot 7 Sale and Purchase Agreement, the deed to Block 1119, Lot 7 on the Borough of Brooklyn Tax Map and other closing documents required under such agreement, (6) the Lot 47 Transfer Agreement, the deed to the Lot 47 MTA Premises and other closing documents required under such agreement, (7) the Lot 42 Transfer Agreement, (8) the Parking Easement, (9) the Transit Improvement Agreement (and a memorandum thereof), (10) the Transit Improvements Easement, and (11) the TA Naming Rights Agreement.
Posted by eric at December 24, 2009 10:01 AM