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Norman Oder

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#Brooklyn journalist focusing on Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park megaproject (including Barclays Center) blog: AtlanticYardsReport.com newsletter: normanoder.substack.com. Sign up for the newsletter, keep up with the blog. Yes, it's pretty niche.

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Norman Oder @normanoder.bsky.social · 1d

Also note comment on my post from Daniel Goldstein: open.substack.com/pub/normanod...

Daniel Goldstein on Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Report (Substack)

“Goldstein and other members of Develop Don’t Destroy fail to persuade local residents not in direct danger of losing their buildings that they have anything to gain from joining the ‘no’ camp,” Glick...

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Norman Oder @normanoder.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks, Gilly... and there's so much more to the #AtlanticYards story, since the movie, too.
Coming is another phase...

Norman Oder @normanoder.bsky.social · 2d

Here's my take on that essay normanoder.substack.com/p/was-the-at...
I get some of the criticism of a 2011 film about #AtlanticYards, but it's still relevant
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Was the Atlantic Yards Conflict Merely Between Competing Short-Term Interests?

To one critic, the 2011 documentary "Battle for Brooklyn" seems like "ancient history." Still, it depicts the project's enduring taint & leaves lessons about skepticism, as a new phase awaits.

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Norman Oder @normanoder.bsky.social · 2d

Was the Atlantic Yards Conflict Merely Between Competing Short-Term Interests?
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To a critic, the 2011 doc "Battle for Brooklyn" seems like "ancient history." Still, it depicts the project's enduring taint & leaves lessons about skepticism, as a new phase awaits

Was the Atlantic Yards Conflict Merely Between Competing Short-Term Interests?

To one critic, the 2011 documentary "Battle for Brooklyn" seems like "ancient history." Still, it depicts the project's enduring taint & leaves lessons about skepticism, as a new phase awaits.

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Norman Oder @normanoder.bsky.social · 5d

Up next are a series of community meetings, supposed to shape plan. Will community input shape a project like this or just validate what state officials and the development team consider feasible?
5/5
(I'll write a more substantial report on today's meeting of #AtlanticYards Community Dev. Corp.)

Norman Oder @normanoder.bsky.social · 5d

For now, while NY State officials are pleased there's a new "permitted developer" & joint venture team sounds sincere, big questions remain about scale, subsidies, affordability, & even redesign of a project conceived, as was stated at meeting, "before the iPhone."
#AtlanticYards 4/

Norman Oder @normanoder.bsky.social · 5d

+nearly $1B of embedded investment by the former developer, Greenland USA.
"We also see the ability to make lemonade out of lemons," says Cirrus' Joe McDonnell. "The largest subsidy provider to this project is no doubt Greenland. They put $950M into the ground and also built a railyard." 3/

Norman Oder @normanoder.bsky.social · 5d

Why is this time different for #AtlanticYards #PacificParkBK?
No new plan (scope/timing) yet, but new "permitted developers" Cirrus & LCOR cite agreement with labor (union pension funds supply capital), "mission-driven equity," focus on multiple income levels (not condos)... 2/

Norman Oder @normanoder.bsky.social · 5d

At #AtlanticYards meeting today, Michelle de la Uz of
5th Ave. Committee told NYS officials & new development team that much distrust remains.
Instead of $1.75M/mo, in penalties for 876 missing affordable units, NYS has negotiated a $12M payment, which she called "insufficient." 1/

Norman Oder @normanoder.bsky.social · 6d

New future for #AtlanticYards?
With Cirrus/LCOR development team finally in place, 10 months, & and a mere $12M for absent affordable housing, toward a new Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park plan
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Huge Qs re scope/concessions remain, but NY State is on board

Norman Oder @normanoder.bsky.social · 7d

#AtlanticYards Digest: New Developers Coming? Will Platform, as with Hudson Yards, Get Subsidized? normanoder.substack.com/p/early-octo...
Also, bus plan for Flatbush Ave. & lessons from BMT/Coney votes. New York Liberty exit playoffs, so Basketball Training Center in former Modell's gets buzz.

Early October Digest: New Developers Coming? Will Platform, as with Hudson Yards, Get Subsidized?

Also, bus plan for Flatbush Ave. and lessons from BMT/Coney votes. New York Liberty exit playoffs, so BSE Global's (short-term) Basketball Training Center in former Modell's gets the buzz.

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Norman Oder @normanoder.bsky.social · 8d

In 2023, @reinventalbany.bsky.social, in Open ESD report written by @lizlikesbikes.bsky.social, said NY's Empire State Development was forestalling public comment and participation by announcing meetings w/short notice & no public Board Materials.
Same as it ever was?

Norman Oder @normanoder.bsky.social · 8d

With short-notice Atlantic Yards CDC meeting scheduled for Thursday, is update coming on new "permitted developers"?
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Will "Community Engagement" start?
#PacificParkBK

With short-notice Atlantic Yards CDC meeting scheduled for Thursday, is update coming on new "permitted developers"? Will "Community Engagement" start?

In August, state officials said they had extended the suspension of enforcement and even accrual of $1.75 million a month in liquidated dam...

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Norman Oder @normanoder.bsky.social · 9d

Barclays Center again reports modestly profitable year (putting aside paper loss), though with downtick from FY 2024.
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Capital contribution down from $51M to $15M.

Barclays Center again reports modestly profitable year (putting aside paper loss), though with downtick from FY 2024. Capital contribution down from $51M to $15M.

The Barclays Center in fiscal year 2025 had another modestly successful year, for the second year delivering a moderate profit: $11.5 millio...

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Norman Oder @normanoder.bsky.social · 10d

A naming rights deal in Phoenix, plus the New York Liberty's rise, again suggest the Barclays Center sponsorship is under value atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-na...

A naming rights deal in Phoenix, plus the New York Liberty's rise, again suggest the Barclays Center sponsorship is under value

So, naming rights for an arena in Phoenix, housing the NBA's Phoenix Suns and the WNBA's Phoneix Mercury, have been sold for $115 million ov...

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Norman Oder @normanoder.bsky.social · 11d

BSE Global got big bounce from Training Center opening.
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Wouldja believe in Brooklyn Nets' "stoop kids" and the Barclays Center's new "brownstone" dressing rooms?

BSE Global got big bounce from Training Center opening. Wouldja believe in Nets' "stoop kids" and the Barclays Center's new "brownstone" dressing rooms?

A Sept. 29 column ( link ) by Fortune's Diane Brady offered "insights from CEOs shaping the next wave of live entertainment," including this...

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Norman Oder @normanoder.bsky.social · 13d

Barclays Center releases October 2025 event calendar: nine ticketed events, including the Brooklyn Nets' home opener Oct. 24
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Barclays Center releases October 2025 event calendar: nine ticketed events, including the Brooklyn Nets' home opener Oct. 24

The Barclays Center today circulated its October 2025 event calendar to neighbors, announcing at least 15 ticketed events, including five co...

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Norman Oder @normanoder.bsky.social · 15d

If Hudson Yards Got Taxpayers to Pay for the Platform, What Happens With Atlantic Yards?
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The Manhattan megaproject rose from the dead thanks to little-scrutinized political and financial maneuvers. Keep watch in Brooklyn.

If Hudson Yards Got Taxpayers to Pay for the Platform, What Happens With Atlantic Yards?

The Manhattan megaproject rose from the dead thanks to little-scrutinized political and financial maneuvers. Keep watch in Brooklyn.

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Norman Oder @normanoder.bsky.social · 20d

BSE Global's Brooklyn Basketball Training Center at old Modell's across from #BarclaysCenter has opening celebration tomorrow.
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Youth clinic cost: $520/8 hours or $1,000/16 hours.

Norman Oder @normanoder.bsky.social · 22d

Lessons from Twists in Brooklyn Marine Terminal & Coney Island Development Dramas
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For #AtlanticYards, does this mean that new promises and safeguards get a "big thing" done in the name of "abundance"? Or is a rethink possible?

Lessons from Twists in Brooklyn Marine Terminal and Coney Island Development Dramas

For Atlantic Yards, does this mean that new promises and safeguards get a "big thing" done in the name of "abundance"? Or is a rethink possible?

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Norman Oder @normanoder.bsky.social · 24d

With New York Liberty exiting the playoffs after the first round, how long will the Liberty Portraits (honoring 2024 WNBA title) stay up on the Barclays Center's Ticketmaster Plaza?
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With New York Liberty exiting the playoffs after the first round, how long will the Liberty Portraits stay up on the Barclays Center's Ticketmaster Plaza?

Last year, the New York Liberty won the WNBA title and, notably, got framed portraits, nine feet tall, of the championship squad, placed on ...

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Norman Oder @normanoder.bsky.social · 25d

Brooklyn Nets' Practice in the Park synergy now involves BSE Global property Type.Set.Brooklyn
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Brooklyn Nets' Practice in the Park synergy now involves BSE Global property Type.Set.Brooklyn

The Brooklyn Nets sponsor an annual Practice in the Park. This year's version, 11 am to 5 pm on Saturday, Sept. 27, will be held at Potomac...

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Norman Oder @normanoder.bsky.social · 27d

Latest lobbying reports shed no new light on Cirrus-led joint venture pursuing #AtlanticYards
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Latest lobbying reports shed no new light on Cirrus-led joint venture pursuing Atlantic Yards

I wrote in May ( link ) that Cirrus Workforce Housing Advisors, the new firm with support from unions for a new joint venture to develop si...

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Norman Oder @normanoder.bsky.social · 29d

The New York Liberty's first home playoff game is Wednesday, preceded by amplified sound on Barclays Center's Ticketmaster Plaza 6-8 pm.
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The New York Liberty's first home playoff game is Wednesday, preceded by amplified sound on Barclays Center's Ticketmaster Plaza 6-8 pm.

As I wrote Aug. 30 ( link ), the seemingly skimpy September 2025 event calendar for the Barclays Center left room for a New York Liberty pla...

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Norman Oder @normanoder.bsky.social · Sep 12

Bus Priority Plan on Flatbush Avenue Would Leave Little Slack Near Barclays Center
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With "No Standing" in pockets near arena, wouldn't enforcement would be needed to prevent congestion? Also, change in Pacific St. direction could challenge Site 5 construction.