The Real Deal New York

Forest City Ratner’s chief executive, Bruce Ratner, told senior members of the Bloomberg administration that the Atlantic Yards arena renderings leaked to the media last month were premature, Crain’s New York Business reported. Architecture firm Ellerbe Becket, brought onto the project to provide a less expensive alternative to Frank Gehry’s $1 billion design, proposed a $772 million arena. City Planning Commission chair Amanda Burden expressed disapproval of Becket’s design.