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February 3, 2010
Hunt awarded construction contract for the Barclays Center
Forest City Ratner and Hunt Construction Group today announced that Hunt has been awarded the construction contract for the Barclays Center.
That's right, that massive pot of New York State and New York City subsidies is being used to hire a construction firm headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.
From the press release:
Forest City Ratner Companies has awarded Hunt Construction Group the construction contract for the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The cornerstone and the first building of the larger Atlantic Yards development, the Barclays Center will be a 675,000 SF sports and entertainment arena, featuring 18,000 seats for basketball and 19,000 seats for concerts, 104 luxury suites, public concourses on two levels, a suite level club restaurant, and an adjoining basketball practice facility. Designed by Ellerbe Becket and SHoP Architects, the Barclays Center will be constructed using a structural steel superstructure frame with structural precast seating bowl and a weathered steel rain screen facade.
The Barclays Center, which has already commenced construction, will host more than 200 events a year including professional, collegiate, and scholastic sporting events, concerts, family shows, and community activities. Upon its completion, the Barclays Center will be home to the NBA’s Nets, Brooklyn’s first major professional sports team since the 1957 departure of the Dodgers.
“Hunt is extremely proud to be a part of this historic endeavor, and is excited about serving as the design-builder,” stated Ken Johnson, Executive Vice President for Hunt.
NoLandGrab: Forest City does not have title to, let alone possession of, the land that it needs in order to build the arena on which, allegedly, it "has already commenced construction."
Posted by eric at February 3, 2010 3:58 PM