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June 24, 2009
In a short item on its website yesterday, The Real Deal revealed this tidbit of information about a project we've covered ad nauseam, 218 Myrtle Avenue (though we've been calling in 202 Myrtle all long because of the address...
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May 8, 2009
At the Real Estate Roundtable on Tuesday, Red Apple chief (and Gristedes owner) John Catsimatidis revealed some interesting (if you're into that kind of thing) details about his development at 202 Myrtle (currently at risk of becoming the most...
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March 20, 2009
Two months ago, there was just some steel framing as high as the first floor; now they're working on cinderblocking the fifth story of the nine-floor, $26 million residential project being brought to you by John Catsimatidis' Red Apple...
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January 13, 2009
It's been a couple of months since we checked in on the progress at John Catsimatidis' 202 Myrtle Avenue, the first of four buildings the supermarket mogul is supposed to build in this border land between Fort Greene and...
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November 10, 2008
Lord knows when the other three buildings will be built, but construction on the first of four buildings John Catsimatidis is scheduled to build on Myrtle Avenue between Ashland and Flatbush appears to be proceeding without interruption. The bigger...
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October 23, 2008
Every day this week, we're going to count down Brooklyn's Top 50* most influential people who have shaped Brooklyn neighborhoods by building new structures, preserving older ones, influencing property values and quality of life, speaking for thousands, or changing the...
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August 11, 2008
The shoring's done and excavation underway at the first of four buildings John Catsimatidis has planned for Myrtle Avenue. The first one, at the easternmost end of the site, will be nine stories and will, in all likelihood contain...
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July 17, 2008
John Catsimatidis: Self-made billionaire; owner of the Gristedes supermarket chain; developer of a planned, 660-unit project on Myrtle Avenue; potential mayoral candidate who says only he is tough enough to carry this city through the tough times ahead. In...
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July 7, 2008
Work has been underway at John Catsimatidis' project at 162 Myrtle Avenue for a month or so at this point. The action for now seems to be focused on the eastern end of the site, at the corner of...
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May 29, 2008
Another day, another bit of news on John Catsimatidis's will-it-or-won't-it-happen development on Myrtle. Last week's buzz on the project, per the Brooklyn Paper, was that the supermarket magnate/mayoral candidate was indeed moving forward with the 660-unit, mixed-use development, albeit...
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May 23, 2008
The Brooklyn Paper follows up on (and expands upon!) the news Brownstoner broke a few weeks ago: Construction on John Catsimatidis' large Myrtle Avenue project is "imminent." According to the paper, Catsimatidis has tweaked his vision for the 660-unit...
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May 14, 2008
Although he probably has other things on his mind right now (like a mayoral bid), John Catsimatidis appears to be gearing up to start construction at 162 Myrtle Avenue. The subject of much speculation in recent months as the...
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March 12, 2008
If he builds it, a supermarket will come. John Catsimatidis tells the Daily News that if work begins on his maybe-it'll-happen-maybe-it-won't project at 162 Myrtle within the next couple months, a supermarket and Duane Reade "should be done within...
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February 22, 2008
The Brooklyn Paper has an article examining whether John Catsimatidis's stalled Myrtle Avenue development is the first of many setbacks for the grand plans to transform Downtown into a primarily residential area. Joe Chan, the president of the Downtown...
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February 11, 2008
Not surprisingly, there's a little more nuance to last week's news that developer (and likely mayoral candidate) John Catsimatidis was putting his 660-unit development on hold than what New York Magazine reported. Reached by phone on Friday, Catsimatidis conceded...
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February 6, 2008
Buried deep in this week's New York Magazine cover story entitled "The Stench of '89" is this bombshell: Billionaire and likely mayoral candidate John Catsimatidis, whose Red Apple Group is developing a two-block complex on Myrtle Avenue in Brooklyn,...
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January 28, 2008
Two different readers happened to send in these cool shots of the development activity along Myrtle Avenue between Flatbush and Ashland Place in the last few days. In the upper right of the top photo, BFC's 37-story tower at...
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December 7, 2007
With a large, and potentially contentious, public hearing about the future of Officers' (or Admirals', if you like—and while we're at it, why can't anyone agree on where the apostrophe should go or whether it's needed at all?) Row...
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November 21, 2007
It's Go Time for John Catsimatidis's massive development project on Myrtle Avenue. After months of inactivity while final plans and approvals were put in place, the work site was christened with its plywood fence earlier this week, and this...
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November 13, 2007
Underneath the 1,000-plus apartments that John Catsimatidis has in the works for Myrtle Avenue between Ashland and Prince, there's going to a total of 239,000 square feet of retail space (including second- and basement-level) to be divided between five...
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October 24, 2007
We stopped by the offices of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership at 15 Metrotech Center last week. It turns out to be the perfect perch for keeping an eye on the Flatbush Extension building boom. Pictured here, clockwise from top...
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April 25, 2007
Just down the block from where Avalon Bay plans to build its 42-story tower sits a far larger lot at 180 Myrtle Avenue. With a footprint of 120,000 square feet, this site could hold a massive building. To date,...
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July 24, 2006
Within three blocks of Forest City Ratner's Atlantic Yards proposal are eight new construction projects, and at least five of them are 35 stories or higher, reports the NY Post. Thor Equities is planning a 60-story mixed use tower...
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