Down by the river: Which developers are jumping on government deals to remake the waterfront?

From the March issue: In real estate, waterfront views are gold. But for decades, much of New York City’s waterfront has been home to industrial sites that have been inaccessible to the general public — and to real estate developers.

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That’s changed a lot under the Bloomberg administration, which has put waterfront development at the top of its agenda. Indeed, hundreds, if not thousands, of units of housing abutting the city’s waterways have come online in recent years — some at private development sites and some that the city or state have helped nudge along. [more]