Construction has resumed at the troubled development Be@Schermerhorn, after being purchased by Jamestown Properties, an Atlanta-by-way-of-Germany real estate investment firm, in November. Meanwhile, sales have been completed at 90 First Place in Carroll Gardens, according to a press release sent today from developer the Brody Group, which built the brownstone conversion project, and its exclusive marketing firm Halstead Property, and groundbreaking on the new Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island has been scheduled for Jan. 2010, thanks in part to a $10 million gift awarded today from the Alphawood Foundation of Chicago. Click here for more. TRD [more]

After eight weeks on the market, the Brody Group’s five-unit
condominium at 90 First Place in Carroll Gardens is 80 percent sold
out. The renovated brownstone features three two-bedroom floor-through
homes and two duplexes, ranging from 1,205 to 2,210 square feet. Prices
are between $925,000 to $1.15 million. The one remaining unit is a
floor-through residence with a balcony, on the market for $985,000.
Halstead Property is the exclusive sales agent for the building, and
closings are expected to start in October. TRD