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Originally Posted by Crawford
And this is even sillier.
Not to be rude, but I don't think you know the first thing about the local real estate market. Core brownstone Brooklyn is one of the most expensive markets in the nation.
Excepting the very few most prime Manhattan neighborhods, there's almost nothing more expensive in the U.S. Brownstone Brooklyn is very, very expensive, and towers on top of the main transit hub will rent or sell for a bundle.
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Originally Posted by Crawford
No, it wasn't seriously downscaled. The buildable square footage in the approved Atlantic Yards is almost the same as in the original proposal.
And the years of NIMBY opposition are kinda the whole point. You don't get it. There are constraints to the local real estate market, which is why new buildings are so desirable, and do so well.
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Haha.. you're trying to tell me Atlantic Yards weren't downscaled... okay? haha
and I mean the height of the buildings were cut... some by over 100 feet.