Stacey Corso is the editor of Real Estate New York.

BROOKLYN, NY-”We are going to get the Nets in Brooklyn if it’s the last thing I do,” declared developer Bruce Ratner, president and CEO of Forest City Ratner Cos., during a press conference yesterday at Borough Hall.

The developer and architect Frank Gehry, along with a cast that included Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and rap artist Jay-Z unveiled the 7.7-million-sf urban infill arena project, to be called Brooklyn Atlantic Yards. But the Gehry-designed plan, which also calls for the construction of 4,500 residential units, office space and other uses, will come to fruition only if Ratner signs a contract to buy the New Jersey Nets professional basketball team from current Nets owners Lewis Katz and Ray Chambers.

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