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Mayor Bill de Blasio with incoming NYCEDC President Maria Torres-Springer (Screengrab: NYC Mayor's Office).

De Blasio Taps Business Commissioner to Replace Bloomberg EDC Head

Bill de Blasio picked Maria Torres-Springer to succeed Kyle Kimball at the New York City Economic Development Corporation.
By Will Bredderman
A close-up of the ceiling in September. (Nicholas Perrone, observer.)

King’s Theater to Open Jan. 27, Flatbush Cultural Renaissance to Follow?

Can the newly-restored King's Theater, which is slated to open Jan. 27, help to make Flatbush more of a destination?
By Kim Velsey
The Queensboro Bridge.

Air Rights for Affordable Housing: City Pitches LIC Development Deal Swap

The Economic Development Corporation has put an request for proposals that makes developers a novel pitch: development rights, at no cost, in exchange for a "permanently affordable housing program that maximizes both the number of housing units and the level of affordability," according to the EDC.
By Kim Velsey

Inside the Nearly Completed Restoration of Brooklyn’s Kings Theater [Photos]

By Kim Velsey

Carnival Games: Was Coney Island’s Rebirth Doomed From the Start?

By Chris Pomorski

Snapchat and Electric Daisy Carnival Team Up in Most Fitting Collab Ever

By Molly Mulshine
A rendering of the Lighthouse Point mixed use development. (Triangle Equities)

Triangle Equities Moving Forward on Staten Island Lighthouse Point Development

By Kim Velsey
Time for a makeover!

Gunning for a Good Idea: Crown Heights’ Bedford Union Armory Puts Out an RFP

By Kim Velsey
Leaving for the private sector.

Twilight of an Era: Seth Pinsky Leaving EDC for RXR Realty

By Kim Velsey

At Least One Huge Housing Development Is Still on Track: Hunters Point South Will Break Ground This Fall

By Matt Chaban
From left, Ivo Kralicek, Adam Abelovsky, Tomas Ivan of Prevision Camera (Ben Weitzenkorn)

Vending Machines in Taxis and Fitting Rooms on the Web Win NYC Next Idea Contest

By Ben Weitzenkorn
The man in the middle

New York City Gets Its First Ever Entrepreneur In Residence, Steven Rosenbaum

By Ben Popper

This Is Good: City Hiring Entrepreneur-At-Large to Help It Get a Clue

By Adrianne Jeffries

Brooklyn’s Willoughby Square: Mayor’s Latest Libertarian Park

By Matt Chaban

Fun in the Sun: Revitalized Coney Has Its Best Summer in 46 Years

By Matt Chaban

120 Wall Gets Profitable; Tenants Exiting

By Observer Staff

Cars Park in Brooklyn

By Observer Staff

Port Chief “Looking” at Red Hook Decision

By Observer Staff

City Wants Marina in Red Hook

By Observer Staff

New Head for City's Economic Development Corporation?

By Observer Staff

Hear, Hear!

By Observer Staff
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