Downtown Brooklyn ‘land rush’

“While Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards megaproject and the insta-towers popping up across Williamsburg have gotten more attention, an equally big land rush is stalking downtown Brooklyn in the wake of a rezoning approved by the city in 2004.” Some of the current plans for the area include the construction of an underground parking garage connected to a rising Sheraton; the development of a 594,000-square-foot, mixed-use building called Willoughby West; and the razing and redevelopment of what is now the Albee Square Mall. As the various plans begin to take shape, many longtime businesses are being served with eviction papers. more [Voice]