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Bklink: Nets to Newark?

May 1st, 2008 · Comments Off on Bklink: Nets to Newark?

Serious efforts are underway to try to get the Nets moved to Newark, where the new Prudential Center is struggling with just a hockey team. Mayor Corey Booker and Devils owner Jeff Vanderbeek are holding meetings–Mayor Brooker with Forest City Ratner and Vanderbeek with Bruce Ratner. There is talk of putting together a group to […]

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Say What–Find the Quadriad Stop Sign

March 26th, 2008 · Comments Off on Say What–Find the Quadriad Stop Sign

The scaffolding around the Quadriad Development site on Bedford Avenue at N. 3 Street in Williamsburg is up and the Stop Sign…well, it’s still visible, as long as one is not in a hurry and looks carefully.

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Tags: Quadriad · Signs Under Siege · Williamsburg

Quadriad Has Marked Its Turf and Started Digging

November 8th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Yes, they’re only photos of a fence with information about a project and its developer, and construction equipment. They are of interest, however, because of the particular site and developer. Work has gotten underway on the first phase of Quadriad Development’s controversial plan in Williamsburg that could result in several high on Berry Street and […]

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Vote on Quadriad’s Williamsburg Highrise Proposal Delayed

June 13th, 2007 · Comments Off on Vote on Quadriad’s Williamsburg Highrise Proposal Delayed

That 24-story building that Quadriad Development would like to build at N. 3rd Street and Berry in Williasmburg drew a large crowd to a Community Board 1 meeting that was expected to vote on the proposal. OnNYTurf reports 100 community members opposed to the building turned out. In the end, CB1 tabled a vote on […]

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Vote on Williamsburg High Rise Coming Tonight

June 12th, 2007 · 1 Comment

An important vote on that 24-story building that Quadriad Development wants to build at N. 3rd Street and Berry in Williamsburg is coming up tonight. The building was approved by Community Board 1’s Land Use Committee last week. Tonight’s meeting of the full Community Board takes place at 6:30 PM at the Swinging 60’s Senior […]

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Next Finger Building Please Stand Up: Quadriad’s Williamsburg Project Advances

June 8th, 2007 · 3 Comments

If you thought that the proposal by Quadriad Development to build highrises in low-rise neighborhoods–including ones that have been downzoned–was so far fetched that it was a non-starter, think again. The 24-story tower proposed at the corner of N. 3rd and Berry in Williamsburg took a small step forward with a vote in its favor […]

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Paperwork is In on the Bedford Avenue Quadriad Site

May 10th, 2007 · Comments Off on Paperwork is In on the Bedford Avenue Quadriad Site

It looks like work is going to start soon on part of the Quadriad development site in Williamsburg. You know the one: that vast, ugly empty lot between N. 3rd Street and N. 4th Street along Bedford Avenue. Quadriad has hatched a variety of, um, interesting plans for the parcel, the most riveting of which […]

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