Bloomberg To Announce Downtown Brooklyn Tsar
Two years after the city rezoned downtown Brooklyn with visions of over 5 million square feet of commercial space and 1,000 residential units, Bloomberg is planning to create a new position to versee the growth and development and to act as a cheerleader for the area. The leading candidate, according to the NY Sun, is…
Two years after the city rezoned downtown Brooklyn with visions of over 5 million square feet of commercial space and 1,000 residential units, Bloomberg is planning to create a new position to versee the growth and development and to act as a cheerleader for the area. The leading candidate, according to the NY Sun, is Joe Chan, right-hand man to Dan Doctoroff and the former director of real estate for the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. The residential portion of the plan has far exceeded expectations while the commercial portion has lagged. Marty Markowitz is all for it: “By centralizing responsibility and leadership, this new position will help maximize the area’s economic and cultural benefits,” he said.
Bloomberg To Name Downtown B’kln Tsar [NY Sun]
Joe Chan is a really smart, connected guy; he could bring a lot to the table.
Joe Chan is a really smart, connecte guy; he could bring a lot to the table.
I think this is a great idea. All this “community involvement” amounts to depands to stop any new development in order to “preserve the nighborhoods” I.e., “we like it private and quiet in here, don’t disturb us”
I hope we are going to have more high rises, more development, more business and more housing. The more the better.
Isn’t Marty cheerleader enough? I agree with what other commentators said – that this is just another layer of City Hall beaurocracy designed to block and/or ignore local input.
I thought the idea was to head off any attempts at community involvement in the development process.
I think the idea is to encourage office development (in addition to the residential) and having a point person/promoter for office development in Dwtn Brooklyn might not be a bad idea.
Great, that’s what were missing, not enough government involvement in housing. Maybe we’ll have some Mitchel Lama beauties now.