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Directory of Developments

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      Domino Sugar Factory (4 recent stories)

    • Domino Sugar Factory In 2004, the Refinery LLC purchased the 11.2 acre Domino Sugar Factory complex on the waterfront of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, for just over $55 million. The American Sugar Refining Company, who had owned the site since 2001, cited falling demand for cane sugar as the motivation for selling the factory.   Read More ...

      Coney Island Rezoning & Development (3 recent stories)

    • Coney Island Rezoning & Development Investments in Coney Island, like the construction of the Brooklyn Cyclones’ KeySpan Park, restoration of the Stillwell Avenue Terminal, and the development of substantial amounts of infill housing within the community, have laid the groundwork for further development in Coney Island.   Read More ...

      Brooklyn Bridge Park (3 recent stories)

    • Brooklyn Bridge Park will transform unused piers and parking lots on the Brooklyn waterfront into 85 acres of park space featuring recreational amenities. The new park will also pay tribute to the area’s maritime and industrial history. In 2006, the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation (BBPDC)--a subsidiary of the Empire State Development Corporation received the property rights to develop the park. The general Read More ...

      World Trade Center Redevelopment (3 recent stories)

    • Redevelopment efforts for the 16-acre World Trade Center (WTC) site began almost immediately after the attacks of September 11, 2001. Though the site was being leased to developer Larry Silverstein at the time of the attacks, the property was owned entirely by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ).   Read More ...

      Atlantic Yards (3 recent stories)

    • In the summer of 2002, Forest City Ratner Companies (FCRC), one of the largest publicly-traded real estate companies in the US, developed a plan to build on a 22-acre site at the intersection of Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues in Brooklyn. The site is directly across the street from FCRC’s other large Brooklyn developments: Atlantic Center and Metrotech. More than 8 acres at the center of the site are the Vanderbilt Rail Yards, a property owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).   Read More ...
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