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The Downtown plan

Saturday, Sep. 30, 2006

Downtown BID-ing for the future

Downtown plan: A coalition of local property owners wants to clean up a gritty corner of Downtown Brooklyn through the formation of a new business improvement district. Comment.

Saturday, Oct. 21, 2006

D’Town czar Chan’s ‘lofty’ business plan

Downtown plan: If you build it, they will come — but with two-million-square feet of office space being built in Downtown Brooklyn, planners still don’t know who “they” are. Comment.

Saturday, Sep. 2, 2006

A lot with a $17M view

Downtown plan: How hot is the Brooklyn real-estate market? Somebody just bought a parking lot Downtown for $17.6 million. Comment.

Saturday, June 3, 2006

Let the market rule

Downtown plan: Don’t believe the hype. That’s the main lesson to be learned from the news that Mayor Bloomberg has created a new office to oversee commercial development in Downtown Brooklyn. The new “czar” will be charged with rescuing the Downtown Brooklyn Plan — a massive, high-rise-friendly upzoning that passed unanimously just two years ago. Comment.

Saturday, Nov. 18, 2006

And it’s all legal!

Myrtle tower tops out above limits

Downtown plan: A glitzy tower now in the works for Downtown Brooklyn will be even larger than its 400-foot-tall neighbors, thanks to a city subsidy to builders of affordable housing. Comment.

Saturday, Oct. 21, 2006

Room boom

Marriott annex opens as competitors arrive

Downtown plan: The Brooklyn Marriott’s 280-room annex has swung open its doors on Adams Street, bringing its total number of rooms in the often sold-out hotel to 660. Comment.

Saturday, June 3, 2006

Downtown czar

Bloomy to name plan’s savior

Downtown plan: Mayor Bloomberg has called in a relief pitcher to help save the Downtown Brooklyn Plan. Comment.

Saturday, Aug. 19, 2006

Flatiron on Flatbush

Downtown tower mimics Gaphattan icon

Downtown plan: It looks like the lovechild of the Flatiron Building and a spaceship — but this just-unveiled rendering of a luxury condo planned for the gateway to Downtown is the latest attempt to bring Manhattan across the river. Comment.