Norman Oder
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Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Report
This watchdog blog, by journalist Norman Oder, covers the project to build the Barclays Center arena and 15-16 towers at a crucial site in Brooklyn. Dubbed Atlantic Yards by developer Forest City Ratner in 2003, it was rebranded Pacific Park Brooklyn in 2014 after Shanghai-based Greenland USA took a majority share. Forest City left in 2018. Eight towers and the arena have been built. After a stall, Cirrus and LCOR in 2025 took over as master developers. A plan to complete the project is pending.
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What’s New in Draft Scope? Better Views of Seven Proposed Towers, New Ground Floor Access Plans, Unlikely Timing (Substack)
New “Informational Handout” on Atlantic Yards Omits Mention of Subsidies and Free Bulk (Substack)
How a Promised 1-Acre Increase in Open Space Became .5-Acre, Outpaced by Tower Expansion (Substack)
Belatedly Released State Document Suggests Subsidies Would Exceed $700M; Deadlines of 2037/39 for 1st Block and 2040/42 (!?) for 2nd Block Have Escape Hatches (Substack)
"Art on the Hour" at the Arena Oculus: a Curious Juxtaposition With Digital Advertising (Substack)
Behind the Lull, Much Is Percolating: MOU, Financial Analysis, Draft Scope for the Environmental Review (Substack)
The Brooklyn Nets & NY Liberty Foundation: More Transparent than the Tsais' Social Justice Fund (Substack)
Barclays Center releases August 2026 event calendar: 12 ticketed events, plus one free one: Angela Yee Day on Ticketmaster Plaza Aug. 23
The 2005 Atlantic Yards MOU Was Announced by the Governor & Released to Face Scrutiny (Substack)
How Much Money Does Cirrus Workforce Housing Have, and How Long Will it Last? (Substack)
Is Atlantic Yards, As Per Gov. Hochul, an "Affordable Housing Development"? Not Really. (Substack)
The Brooklyn Nets, Social Justice, and (Exiting) Sponsor Qatar Airways, from a Repressive Regime (Substack)
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