No Land Grab

Here's an outdated description of the Atlantic Yards project that even the developer doesn't use any more. There's an added bonus of the invocation of starchitect Frank Gehry even though he was thrown off the project years ago as a result of "value engineering".

The Atlantic Yards area is in a current development,striving to be a residential zone.The project wants to redevelop 22 acres of Downtown Brooklyn and the aimed areas are: Flatbush Ave, Fourth Ave, Vanderbuilt Ave and Dean St.The initiators of this project were Forest City Ratner Companies.

Frank Gehry designed the plan and this is how he divided the buildings: 6 million square feet were reserved for the residential space, Barclays Center and an entertainment area while 247,000 square feet are for retail purposes,336,000 square feet are for office spaces and 8 acres are spared for an open space.

New York Islanders Adrift, Barclays Center Still Short of Goal

"Value engineering" of the Nets arena rendered it too small to accommodate professional hockey, but fanciful discussion persists.

The Barclays Center management set a goal of 220 events for its opening year and they are still 50 events short. The fact that Brooklyn still needs to fill events helps the Islanders leverage when dealing with the Barclays Center. This creates a need for the Islanders 41 home games to fill the void for the opening season and future ones as well.

Posted by steve at December 4, 2011 10:34 PM