The massive City Point development, which is getting $20,000,000 in tax-exempt federal stimulus, is dumping Aaron Malinsky, the developer associated with the Carl Kruger corruption scandal. Read the Brooklyn Paper article here.
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Showing posts with label City Point. Show all posts
Thursday, March 24, 2011
City Point dumps scandal-tainted developer
The massive City Point development, which is getting $20,000,000 in tax-exempt federal stimulus, is dumping Aaron Malinsky, the developer associated with the Carl Kruger corruption scandal. Read the Brooklyn Paper article here.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Kruger scandal touches City Point in Downtown Brooklyn
The bribery scandal implicating State Senator Carl Kruger touches on some Downtown Brooklyn issues. In Developer at Brooklyn Navy Yard charged in federal bribery case, the Real Deal reports this:Prosecutors allege Aaron Malinsky, a principal with PA Associates, made the payments to an entity called Olympian Strategic Development, wand that money was used to improperly benefit Kruger (see complaint below). Kruger allegedly received at least $1 million in bribes from Malinsky and others between 2006 and 2011, investigators said.The article continues:
PA Associates is developing a 50,000-square-foot retail building at City Point in Downtown Brooklyn.Read more here.
Monday, February 22, 2010
City Point Phase 1 Revealed
The NY Times blog and Brownstoner report on the latest iteration of the proposed City Point project, which is just behind Duffild Street. See
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Duffield Street photo essay
Here are photos from January 6, 2010.
The new gym:
The hotel at 237 Duffield Street. Several reports a few months ago said that this would be open by the beginning of 2010:
The foundation of the V3 hotel at 229-231 Duffield Street. The previous building had a false wall in the basement that several academics think could have been a stop on the Underground Railroad:
Another view of 229-231 Duffield Street construction:
This building is slated for demolition by the NYC Economic Development Corporation:
This building is also slated for demolition. The ground floor is home to an African-American themed bookstore:
Another set of buildings slated for demolition in order to make way for a mini-park and underground parking lot:
The former site of the Albee Square Mall. This is the planned location of the City Point project, recipient of Stimulus funds. For more on this project, read Feds’ CityPoint bailout is a bad use of taxpayer dollars:
The new gym:
The hotel at 237 Duffield Street. Several reports a few months ago said that this would be open by the beginning of 2010:
The foundation of the V3 hotel at 229-231 Duffield Street. The previous building had a false wall in the basement that several academics think could have been a stop on the Underground Railroad:
Another view of 229-231 Duffield Street construction:
This building is slated for demolition by the NYC Economic Development Corporation:
This building is also slated for demolition. The ground floor is home to an African-American themed bookstore:
Another set of buildings slated for demolition in order to make way for a mini-park and underground parking lot:
The former site of the Albee Square Mall. This is the planned location of the City Point project, recipient of Stimulus funds. For more on this project, read Feds’ CityPoint bailout is a bad use of taxpayer dollars:
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