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October 15, 2009
Our masked correspondent is back with the commercial dish... The beautiful building that should have won the Chamber’s Building BK Awards Preservation category this year doesn’t great retail make. BellTel’s ground space goes begging - spaces too big for...
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July 21, 2009
Our masked correspondent gives us this month's skinny on the commercial real estate market in Downtown Brooklyn and environs....Beautiful buildings? See the newly-built Toren or its neighbor the BellTel Lofts, carved out of the historic telephone headquarters. Visit the...
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July 14, 2009
Two years after buying the hulking Telecom building at 470 Vanderbilt Avenue in Fort Greene, GFI has landed its first major tenant. Yesterday Crain's reported that the New York City Housing Authority had signed a 20-year lease for 62,400...
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June 29, 2009
'Indigenous' Opening at City Reliquary The City Reliquary is holding an opening for its new group show called "Indigenous" at its Williamsburg headquarters. The exhibition commemorates the many places that have come and gone, all of which have contributed...
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June 12, 2009
Our Community Board 2 correspondent reports back on Wednesday night's general meeting; the Local also has extensive coverage of the meeting. A Public hearing about Navy Green (previously reported) preceded the general meeting with a presentation by the developer....
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May 28, 2009
The Local dispels the rumor started by the developer of the 365-unit rental at 470 Vanderbilt Avenue that Whole Foods was under consideration for the site: "'There’s “nothing in the works here right now,' said Mara Engel Wedeck, contact...
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May 22, 2009
Another report from one of our citizen bloggers... As part of Community Board 2's Land Use Committee meeting on Wednesday night, there was a public hearing on the special permit extension for the gasoline station at 838-846 Fulton Street...
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March 27, 2009
The straight dope from our masked commercial correspondent... For the moment, office space prices in the Court/Montague market seems to be settling in. More tenants are in the market in recent weeks, leading to deals in the $28 to...
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March 12, 2009
Meet the Public Advocate Contenders [NY Times] It's Time to Start Thinking About Planting [NY Times] $300 Makeover for Williamsburg One Bedroom [NY Times] East New Yorkers Have Longest Commutes [NY Post] Cali Freak Show Setting Up in Coney...
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January 29, 2009
As we reported back in November, the new-ish owners of 470 Vanderbilt have ambitious plans to reposition the existing 600,000-square-foot commercial building, which had been configured as a telecom hotel during the Dotcom boom, while constructing a new 10-story...
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January 21, 2009
Poor Finger Building: It's been a rough few years, what with the Stop Work Orders, Scarano affiliation and, ultimately, foreclosure. The end of 2008, however, marked a turning point for the storied apartment tower. A month before the controversial...
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November 10, 2008
For the last several years, the building and parking lot at 470 Vanderbilt Avenue in Fort Greene have sat largely vacant. A year ago, GFI Development purchased the 600,000-square-foot property from the Carlyle Group for $50,000,000. Since then, the...
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January 8, 2008
After sitting almost-vacant for years, the Carlyle Group-owned Atlantic Telecom Center at 470 Vanderbilt Avenue in Fort Greene will be going residential if negotiations with City Planning conclude without a hitch. Although details are sketchy at this point, we're...
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