Every Good Development Deserves a HOLD OUT.

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March 08, 2007
Every Good Development Deserves A Holdout

In the same way as the great cities have pie-shaped buildings, every development worth its salt has at least one quirky holdout that serves to humble ego-driven architects and pointy-headed planners. So will Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards project get its very own version of Hurley's? The courts are paving the way for that possibility:

A property owner threatened by the Atlantic Yards project enjoyed a victory after a judge ruled that two of his leases were improperly acquired by the developer, Forest City Ratner.

Property owner Henry Weinstein can keep his six-story building and a parking lot on Carlton Ave., Supreme Court judge Ira Harkavy ruled Tuesday.

But it was unclear how the ruling would affect the project, which broke ground last month.

"The leases in question clearly and unambiguously required tenants to first obtain the written consent of the landlords before any assignment of the leases," Harkavy ruled in an 18-page decision invalidating both leases.

Weinstein leased his property to Brooklyn developer Shaya Boymelgreen in 1999, but he didn't expect Boymelgreen to sell the leases to Forest City Ratner, Weinstein said.

Weinstein, a critic of the Atlantic Yards project, never gave consent to the deal between Boymelgreen and Ratner, which would have allowed the latter to hold onto the leases until 2048.

"We believed from the beginning that Ratner and Boymelgreen had no right to do what they did, so this decision is no surprise," said Candace Carponter, a member of the opposition group Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn. "As far as I'm concerned, this decision is unassailable upon appeal."

Location Scout: Atlantic Yards.

See also: Architectural Holdouts.

Posted by Scott at March 8, 2007 09:25 AM in Architecture & Infrastructure, Brooklyn, Insert Muted Trumpet's Sad Wah-Wah Here


I wonder if this guy got run off the interstate and surrounded by city cops and other county and city employees and those big nasty dumptrucks of the guy winning the awards for such a great business. Or is that just because someone is trying to intimidate me? LOL ! The more I read, the more I see this ugliness everywhere, but the tide is turning.

It's sad that I had to see the people of Tampa like this. I have always loved them and now ... well, it's sad. It's sad to know what lies inside some hearts.

It's really really sad to see what people have spent years of their lives on. If they die tomorrow one of the last things on their mind is how sad they made a person who never did a thing to them. The thing is --- I'm not sad for ME, but for them.

Even after they have bothered with my child and currently send all kinds of stupid shit into his life ==== smarter people would realize how easy they are making things for us.

I'm sad for you. Life is meant for so much more. I always thought you knew that but looking back I've had time to see where things didn't seem alright. I'm sorry. And I hope you'll be okay.

Whenever you come back down ....................