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State O.K.'s Atlantic Yards Changes

NEW YORK CITY-The Empire State Development Corp.'s board has approved modified plans for the project's arena; critics say the vote will lead to another lawsuit.

By Paul Bubny | Updated on September 18, 2009

NEW YORK CITY-The Empire State Development Corp.’s board voted Thursday to approve modified plans for Atlantic Yards. In a statement, developer Bruce Ratner said the vote “means that the Atlantic Yards project can move forward”; however, critics of the Brooklyn mega-project have threatened further legal action.

The vote follows last week’s release of the new design for Barclays Center, the 18,000-seat sports and entertainment arena that will serve as the future home of the Nets basketball franchise. The ESDC held a public information session on the new design, a collaboration by architectural firms Ellerbe Becket and SHoP Architects, at Brooklyn Borough Hall earlier this week.

“We greatly appreciate the board’s support,” says Ratner, CEO and chairman of Forest City Ratner Cos., in a statement. “The world has changed significantly since we announced the Atlantic Yards project in 2003. However, our commitment to the project, including the housing, the jobs and of course bringing the Nets to the Barclays Center, has remained steadfast even as the changing economic environment made this project more challenging but also more important.”

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