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City Selects Developer For Affordable Housing Slated To Rise On Architectural Graveyard In Williamsburg

Nice Apartment If You Can Get It: Gershwin Heir Sells $5.4 M. Central Park West Pad

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By Sarah Hucal 12/12/11 3:46pm

Battle of the Skyscrapers

Let the Skyline Saga Begin: Brooklyn Battles Over Its Tallest Building

For nearly a century, the 37-story Williamsburg Savings Bank Tower dominated the Brooklyn skyline, it’s 512 feet earning it the title of Brooklyn’s tallest building. Now, after memories of the recession have faded into the real estate abyss, ambitious developers are back in the game, ready to make their childhood Guinness Book of World’s Records dreams come true. Get ready for the Battle of the Buildings as next year, not one, but two Brooklyn developers plan to break ground on Brooklyn’s tallest skyscrapers, according to The Journal. Read More

By Matt Chaban 3:18pm

Troubling Developments

Handicap Lawsuit Could Cost Developers

The 1991 Fair Housing Act was created to establish national guidelines for building accessibility. But for years, developers in the city relied on a provision in the local building code from 1987 that they considered more stringent. The federal government disagreed, filing a lawsuit two years ago against developer AvalonBay, which is headquartered in Read More

By Matt Chaban 9/23/10 2:49pm

Housing for All

Seven Vie for Huge Queens Middle-Class Housing Complex

One of the largest development sites left in the city has attracted some serious interest from some serious players. The Journal is reporting that seven bids have been made for the first phase of Hunters Point South, a planned 6,000-unit housing complex in Queens that was originally to be the site of the Read More

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