Tag: Brooklyn

Meridian Capital Group, America’s most active debt broker, negotiated a $27.5 million bridge loan for the development site at 77 Commercial Street in Brooklyn, NY on behalf of the Chetrit Group and Clipper Equity.

Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the arrest of Fedlaire Aristide, 47, of Freeport, N.Y., for allegedly attempting to defraud Wells Fargo in a short sale scam that would have cost the bank hundreds of thousands of dollars.

After Personal Call to Acting Regional Administrator, Schumer Announces U.S. Economic Development Administration Set to Award $2M Federal Grant to Renovate Two Floors of Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Building 77 to Help Accommodate Even More Businesses

NEW YORK, NY - March 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- For the third time in less than a year, The Marketing Directors, Inc. has emerged as the preferred choice to bring a new Brooklyn development to market

NEW YORK, NY - July 25, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Halstead Property Development Marketing today announced that it has been named the exclusive sales and marketing agent for 109 Gold Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn.

NEW YORK, NY - June 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Halstead Property Development Marketing today announced that 30 percent of the units at Kirkman Lofts, a new residential condominium in DUMBO, Brooklyn, are currently under contract after just six weeks of sales.

New York, N.Y. – January 13, 2011 – BRP Companies today announced that Greene-Ville Gardens, an organic grocery store is now open on the ground floor of The Clermont, a high-end residential rental development located at 150 Clermont Avenue in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Carousel Children’s Center, a daycare center, is also set to open soon.

New York, NY - October 12, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Halstead Property Development Marketing today announced they will showcase the top Brooklyn and Manhattan developments in a joint open house during the weekend of October 16, 2010.

Albany, NY - June 15, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is partnering with Broadway Stages in Brooklyn, one of New York’s premier sound stage facilities, on a solar energy project that will reduce the film stage’s energy costs by more than $70,000 annually.

BROOKLYN, NY - July 13, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Edolphus “Ed” Towns (NY-10) issued the following statement today, applauding Goldman Sachs’ partnership with Mayor Bloomberg, New York City agencies, developers and Carver Bank that will create a 105 unit apartment and retail complex in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn:

NEW YORK, NY - April 7, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- LCOR has announced the grand opening of North Williamsburg's newest rental development, 34 Berry Street — a 142-unit apartment building located at the corner of North 12th and Berry Streets in Brooklyn.

Strike Authorization Vote Clears the Way for Possible Work Stoppage on April 21st. New York, NY - April 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hundreds ofapartment building workers in Brooklyn voted today to empower their bargaining committee with the authority to call a strike. The workers, who were joined by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, were the second group of workers in two nights to provide 32BJ’s bargaining committee with this power. Workers in Queens voted unanimously Tuesday authorizing a strike if necessary. The third and final vote will be held Thursday in Manhattan.

New York, NY - February 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New York City Industrial Development Agency (NYCIDA) approved an incentive package that will help Hindustan Granites Inc. acquire and renovate a 31,000-square-foot industrial facility in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn.

New York, NY - December 28, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) today issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the disposition and development of a vacant 1.1 million-square-foot warehouse building, known as Federal Building #2, in the vibrant industrial waterfront area of Sunset Park, Brooklyn.

NEW YORK, NY - December 2, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group announced today an investment of $61 million to support the preservation of more than 500 affordable rental homes for low-income New Yorkers.

New York, NY - November 6, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Rafael E. Cestero today announced the recipients of the agency’s second round of funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s Tax Credit Assistance Program (TCAP).

Brooklyn, NY - September 26, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- 41 low-income New York City families received the keys to their new Habitat for Humanity - New York City homes in a joyful celebration in Ocean Hill-Brownsville, Brooklyn.

NEW YORK, NY - September 23, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC) President Marc Jahr, New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Rafael E. Cestero and Alan Bell from Dumont Green LLC, celebrated the groundbreaking for a new eight-story 176 unit affordable apartment building at 1490 Dumont Avenue.

BROOKLYN, NY - August 18, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Rep. Edolphus “Ed” Towns (NY-10) will be on hand when Astoria Federal Savings and the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York present Concern for Independent Living, Inc. with a $968,087 Affordable Housing Program grant.

Albany, NY - July 29, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor David A. Paterson signed into law legislation that will extend affordable housing for another 30 years to the tenants of the 5,881-unit Starrett City housing complex in Brooklyn – the nation’s largest publicly assisted affordable housing complex.

New York, NY - June 16, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) - New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) announced that it closed on the sale of a 10,000-square-foot parcel of City-owned land to Comfort Bedding, a mattress manufacturer based in Brownsville, Brooklyn.

NEW YORK, NY - June 9, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) – The New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC) approved $378 million in Multi-Family Revenue...

New York, NY - June 4, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — A federal grand jury in Brooklyn returned an indictment charging nine defendants with a...

New York, NY - May 19, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — The Coney Island Development Corporation (CIDC) today announced the winners of the 2009 Coney Island Student Art Competition. The competition titled “My Vision of the Future of Coney Island,” was an opportunity for Coney Island students to express their artistic creativity and create a vision of what they believe the Coney Island of tomorrow should look like. The 2009 Student Art Competition was open to students residing in Coney Island, Brooklyn, in grades one through eight.

NEW YORK, NY - May 7, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — The board of the New York State Affordable Housing Corporation (AHC) today approved four grants totaling $10.33 million to the Housing Partnership Development Corp. to build and rehabilitate 362 units of affordable housing in Manhattan, the Bronx and Brooklyn.