Extell Bid "A Cudgel" to Force Ratner to Downsize
An article in today’s Crain’s makes the argument that the rival bid from Extell Development, while not very likely to win, may serve the purpose of forcing Bruce Ratner to whittle down the scale of his ambitious–and controversial–proposal. “The new plan really frames the choice in a compelling and challenging way,” says Brad Lander, director…
An article in today’s Crain’s makes the argument that the rival bid from Extell Development, while not very likely to win, may serve the purpose of forcing Bruce Ratner to whittle down the scale of his ambitious–and controversial–proposal. “The new plan really frames the choice in a compelling and challenging way,” says Brad Lander, director of the Pratt Institute Center of Community and Environmental Development in Brooklyn. “There’s something compelling about saying, `Let’s not blow the neighborhood out of scale.’ ” The article also cites the architects behind the Extell plan, a Park Slope husband-and-wife architectural team named Cetra/Reddy. Anyone know anything about them?
New Brooklyn Proposal Faces Uphill Battle [Crain’s]
Cetra/Ruddy worked on a new building the Orion going up on 42nd St.
Any reduction would be a step in the right direction.