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Lights, camera, development: City issues RFP for film studio in Sunset Park

August 02, 2018 11:00AM

Sunset Park could be getting a film and television studio. New York City Economic Development Corporation and the Mayor’s...

EDC has spent half of its $700M rezoning fund money on just four neighborhoods

May 23, 2018 04:24PM

The city might run out of money in a neighborhood improvement fund well before improving all of the neighborhoods...

Day in the life of: James Patchett

May 14, 2018 04:00PM

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James Patchett is the president and CEO of the New York City Economic Development Corporation, the city’s quasi-independent nonprofit with an annual budget of nearly $850 million. The 38-year-old Amherst College and Stanford Graduate...

City moves forward with Sunnyside Yards development plans

May 04, 2018 09:40AM

The city is continuing to move forward with its plans to develop Sunnyside Yards in Queens. The Economic Development...

Demo regrets: City officials lament tearing down rental buildings to make way for long-delayed DoBro park

March 27, 2018 10:50AM

After green-lighting the demolition of residential and rent-stabilized buildings in Downtown Brooklyn, city officials are now facing the possibility that a deal to build...

City hopes to make Broadway Junction latest beneficiary of Brooklyn’s boom

November 27, 2017 12:25PM

Broadway Junction could be the next area of Brooklyn to be transformed by the wave of development sweeping through...

Maybe market-rate condos won’t be part of the Bedford-Union Armory after all

November 15, 2017 11:30AM

Market rate condos could be on their way out of Brooklyn’s controversial Bedford-Union Armory project. The Crown Heights development...

Triangle Equities is betting $97M on air cargo with Queens project

by Eddie Small | October 16, 2017 05:30PM

Triangle Equities wants to build a $97 million warehouse near John F. Kennedy International Airport, according to filings with...

EDC closes 220K sf deal at One Liberty Plaza

October 10, 2017 12:15PM

The New York City Economic Development Corporation finalized its 220,000-square-foot lease at Brookfield Property Partners’ One Liberty Plaza in...

EDC has received over 24 proposals for location of Amazon’s new HQ

by Eddie Small | September 27, 2017 12:08PM

New York may face stiff competition from the rest of the country in the race to land Amazon’s second...