Thanks to Staceyjoy for the tip…
Deborah Kolben writes in the Daily News: Shaya Boymelgreen "is plowing ahead with plans for a hotel in the center of Bruce Ratner’s $2.5 billion Atlantic Yards project just as Ratner’s pace seems to be slowing …
(a spokesman says Boymelgreen) is trying to convert a former bread factory at 800 Pacific St. into a 150- to 200-room hotel. ‘We’re having preliminary conversations with various hotel operators’ …"
"Down the street, Boymelgreen also is working with developer Henry Weinstein to convert an 85,000-square-foot building and a neighboring vacant lot into office and residential space.
Both buildings are planned for the spot where Ratner wants to build 17 residential and commercial towers and a 19,000-seat NBA arena for the New Jersey Nets." Read more…