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Post-Gehry, Atlantic Yards' Nets Arena To Be Designed by New York Boutique SHoP

By Eliot Brown
September 2, 2009


After dropping famed architect Frank Gehry from the Nets basketball arena planned for Brooklyn, the developer of the massive mixed-use project has brought in New York-based architecture firm SHoP to assist in the design of the venue, according to a person informed of the decision.

The developer, Forest City Ratner, plans to unveil renderings of the $800 million arena later this month.

The choice seems a face-saving move for Forest City, as a substantial backlash from public officials and the press followed its decision to drop Mr. Gehry in the name of cost.

While certainly not the starchitect that is Mr. Gehry, SHoP is something of the hot local architectural firm these days—a relatively young practice that designs often iconic buildings with highly distinctive exteriors and skins. Last year the would-be developers of a new South Street Seaport tapped SHoP to design a remake of the area, and the Bloomberg administration turned to SHoP to design its new East River waterfront esplanade.

The design of the arena is expected to be a collaboration between SHoP and arena and institutional design specialists Ellerbe Becket. While Forest City declined to comment, presumably the bulk of the design and engineering work will fall to Ellerbe (SHoP has no experience building large arenas), particularly given that Forest City has acknowledged Ellerbe Becket’s involvement for months, though the developer has made no mention of SHoP.

The arena is the centerpiece of a larger $4.9 billion planned apartment tower complex known as Atlantic Yards, a project that was approved after a lengthy political fight in 2006, but has been stalled on account of lawsuits and the economic crisis. In the battle to win public opinion and assent of public officials leading up to the project’s approval, Forest City—led by its CEO Bruce Ratner—trumpeted the fact that it would be designed by Mr. Gehry, who was to design the arena and the surrounding 16 buildings. This was notable not just in that it brought a top architectural name to Brooklyn, but that iconic, high-quality architecture was going to be used for a structure that typically is left to functional design: the arena.

So when Mr. Ratner dropped Mr. Gehry—a decision announced in early June—there was understandable outrage (The Times architecture critic called it a “stunning bait-and-switch”). That anger was no doubt fueled by the simplistic functional arena renderings shown to city officials and then leaked to the press (it’s been termed an “airplane hangar”).

Unclear is the timing on SHoP’s hire (SHoP principal Gregg Pasquarelli didn’t immediately respond to an email requesting comment), and just how long the firm has been working on the project.

When Forest City does release the renderings (there were no renderings made available this summer during the public comment period on the revised plan for the arena), it will mark the public start of yet another sales campaign for Mr. Ratner. The developer must sell about $700 million in bonds to investors before the end of the year in order to qualify for tax-exempt status, lest the cost of borrowing go up by perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars.

At the same time, the state’s highest court plans to hear in mid-October a key case on the use of eminent domain for the project. While Forest City has been victorious at every opportunity thus far, a victory for opponents and affected landowners in that court would certainly doom Mr. Ratner’s years-long efforts.
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Atlantic Yards SHoPping Update

Tuesday, September 8, 2009, by Joey

For those who were already off to sandier environs, last week news broke that Manhattan-based boutique architecture firm SHoP had been brought aboard to overhaul the new design for Atlantic Yards's Barclays Center arena. Well, it looks like SHoP had its T-squares out all weekend: The new arena designs will be unveiled tomorrow. Do tune in.
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Rather expedient. Lets hope its not as bland as metro tech.
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BREAKING: New Atlantic Yards Arena Design Revealed
Wednesday, September 9, 2009, by Joey


After getting taken to the woodshed for booting Frank Gehry off his controversial Atlantic Yards project and replacing Gehry's Barclays Center arena design with a cut-rate airplane hangar, developer Bruce Ratner told everybody to just wait one doggone minute before they judged the future home (maybe?) of the New Jersey Brooklyn Nets. Word leaked last week that Ratner had added Manhattan avant-gardists SHoP to the design team, and now the fruits of that collaboration with Midwest architecture firm Ellerbe Becket have been unveiled. So, uh, what the hell are we looking at for the corner of Flatbush and Atlantic?


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Bruce Ratner unveils futuristic Atlantic Yards Nets arena design after critics blasted 'barn' design



BY Erin Durkin
September 9th 2009

It's the new, new Atlantic Yards.

Developer Bruce Ratner revealed the latest design for his proposed new Nets arena in Prospect Heights Wednesday, part of a controversial project that also includes 16 residential and office towers.

The weathered steel design was developed by Kansas City firm Ellerbe Beckett and SHoP Architects after star architect Frank Gehry was booted from the project to save money.

"The Barclays Center will quickly become an iconic part of the Brooklyn landscape," Ratner said.

"The design is elegant and intimate and also a bold architectural statement that will nicely compliment the surrounding buildings and neighborhoods."

After Gehry was removed from the project in June, early versions of Ellerbe Beckett's stripped down design were widely panned - compared to a barn, suburban big box store, or airplane hangar.

The latest design takes a middle ground. It's far from Gehry's soaring glass and steel vision, but features plenty of bells and whistles, like a 30-foot-high canopy at the corner of Atlantic and Flatbush aves. and backlighting to create a "halo" around the arena.

Ratner vowed to begin construction on the 675,000-square-foot, $770 million arena by the end of the year.

That can't happen unless he's able to sell hundreds of thousands of dollars in bonds and win a lawsuit filed by opponents.

The case is to be heard by the state's highest court next month.
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I like the new one best! Let's hope this is final
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I like the new one best! Let's hope this is final
It had better be final if Ratner hopes to begin construction this year and finish in two as stated.
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I was really hoping for a great design. I'm disappointed. It's better than Gehry's design and a lot better than The Barn, but the design feels like it was thrown together as quickly as the timetable would indicate.
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Looks like crap to me. Like a movie theater from the 60's. They have a chance to move over to Newark to a top of the line building. Yet dumb pride keeps them sticking with this boondoggle of a plan. Not to mention they will lose whatever NJ fan base left if this goes through. Go ahead and move. It will only make more Knick converts.
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they will lose whatever NJ fan base left if this goes through. Go ahead and move. It will only make more Knick converts.
Whatever fan base is lost in Jersey will only be replaced in New York. Besides, its not as if the Knicks play in Jersey either.

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New Design in Hand, Ratner Plans to Seek Nets Arena Financing Within Weeks

By Eliot Brown
September 9, 2009


Nearly three years after receiving a green light from the state government, the mega-Atlantic Yards development is entering a critical stage, as developer Bruce Ratner is rushing to secure financing and tie up loose ends before an end-of-year tax deadline.

On Wednesday, in releasing renderings of a trimmed-down, redesigned arena, Mr. Ratner said he planned to market to investors $700 million in tax-exempt bonds at the end of the month. While Mr. Ratner and his Forest City Ratner have expressed confidence that they will be successful in selling the bonds, the attempt seems a make-or-break act for the project, as everything rides on how the market responds to it. Without receiving such financing before a Dec. 31 Internal Revenue Service-imposed deadline, Forest City would have to finance with standard bonds subject to taxes, adding tens of millions of dollars to the price tag.

The new arena design—the first since Mr. Ratner announced he had dropped starchitect Frank Gehry from the project last June—is characterized by a wavy set of weathered steel bands that enwrap the structure’s exterior, weaving in and out of large glass windows that open views into the structure. At the arena’s head is a notable 80-foot cantilevered canopy that reaches out away from the entrance—a canopy that ultimately is planned to be replaced by an office building with a large base open to the public.

The design was made by institutional and sports specialist Ellerbe Becket, which said it has been working on the project since November 2008, and SHoP. SHoP was brought on in June, said principal Gregg Pasquarelli, the same month that saw vitriolic criticism of early arena renderings from government officials and The Times’ architecture critic. Mr. Ratner denied that SHoP—which is known for avant-garde design, along with highly distinctive building skins—was brought on as a response to the criticism, but rather he said he was looking to bring in an additional firm to enhance the design.

“SHoP is known as one of the best firms for design in the 21st century, and we wanted to get a firm that we felt was really futuristic in the design,” Mr. Ratner said. “They got together and collaborated to create what I would say—both inside and outside—design that is exceptional.”

In terms of process from here, Mr. Ratner said the total cost of the arena is between $800 million and $900 million, depending how the costs are counted, apparently leaving Forest City with a gap of up to $200 million to cover on its own, should it be successful in selling the bonds. Mr. Ratner said Forest City would use its own equity to do so, though he acknowledged he is looking for investors to put in new equity.

“We’ve had different investors that want to invest in this project, so we’re speaking to them now,” he said. “I would rather have investors."

If Mr. Ratner’s timeline for the bonds stays on course, Forest City would be attempting to secure the financing while key litigation is still pending. Next month, the state’s highest court is slated to hear a challenge to the use of eminent domain for the project.

To mitigate the uncertainty from this, Mr. Ratner said the bond sale would call for money to go into an escrow account, pending the outcome of the various uncertainties.
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... move over to Newark to a top of the line building.
Top of the line? While I agree it's foolish to build yet another government-subsidized sports facility when there's a brand new arena that can accommodate the Nets, the Prudential Center is the architectural equivalent of a dog's butt. At least the new design for the Barclays Arena is beautiful and forward-looking.

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Analysis Finds City Would Lose Money On Brooklyn Arena
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An analysis released by the Independent Budget Office today found the arena of the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn will cost the city an estimated $164 million and create more than 3,000 temporary and nearly 1,000 permanent jobs for New Yorkers.

The IBO study found that over a 30-year period, the arena would cost the city nearly $40 million more than it would generate in tax revenues.

Moreover, the state would gain $25 million through tax revenues for the facility.

Developer Forest City Ratner would save $726 million with this project through special government benefits.

The report comes one day after developer Bruce Ratner unveiled the new plans for the arena.

The redesigned venue would straddle the busy intersection of Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues and require knocking down buildings through eminent domain.

Ratner aims to bring his New Jersey Nets to the site, which will seat 18,000 spectators for the basketball games and up to 19,000 for concerts.
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What's going to happen to the rest of the project (aside from the arena)? Are they keeping the Gehry towers?
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What's going to happen to the rest of the project (aside from the arena)? Are they keeping the Gehry towers?
Supposedly, but it's a phased in devepment. They won't build all of the towers at once, and who knows how long Gehry will stay on.
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I don't know, for me this is just hard to visualize. Are the "steel bands," really going to be that color?
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Jay-Z sets 2010 deadline for New Jersey Nets move

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Sept. 10, 2009


Hip-hop entrepreneur Jay-Z is aiming to move his basketball team the New Jersey Nets to his native Brooklyn, New York by the end of next year.

The rapper owns a large share in the NBA team and has previously expressed his desire to relocate the sporting side to the Big Apple.

His plans have been hampered by a number of legal delays, but Jay-Z reveals progress is being made and he's looking to unveil the Nets' new home in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Prospect Heights by December 2010.

He said, "We're trying to get to Brooklyn, I think in early December (we'll start building the new stadium)... (It'll take) hopefully a year (to complete)."

The 99 Problems hitmaker wants the team's new move to be coupled with a new name - the Brooklyn Nets - and he wants to add his pal LeBron James to the line-up when the basketball ace's contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers is up.

But Jay-Z insists he will not pressure James into switching teams: "We'll have a great team surrounding him so hopefully he'll come to Brooklyn.

"He's my friend first so I wouldn't do that to him if we didn't have a chance of winning (the NBA championship) because he's going to be great. I want him to be great. Whatever team lands him, I want him to be great."

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