Development Watch: 202 Myrtle Rising
It’s been a couple of months since we checked in on the progress at John Catsimatidis’ 202 Myrtle Avenue, the first of four buildings the supermarket mogul is supposed to build in this border land between Fort Greene and Downtown Brooklyn. During that time, the project has progressed from a hole in the ground with…
It’s been a couple of months since we checked in on the progress at John Catsimatidis’ 202 Myrtle Avenue, the first of four buildings the supermarket mogul is supposed to build in this border land between Fort Greene and Downtown Brooklyn. During that time, the project has progressed from a hole in the ground with foundations and shoring to the beginning of the steel structure.
Development Watch: 202 Myrtle Marches On [Brownstoner] GMAP
Development Watch: 202 Myrtle Avenue P*Shark DOB
Development Watch: 162 Myrtle Avenue [Brownstoner]
Catsimatidis Tweaks Blueprints for Myrtle [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: Catsimatidis Ready to Go on Myrtle? [Brownstoner]
Another interview with Catsimatidis would be great right now. Ask him to justify idling the dirt piles along Myrtle while still burning cash ripping off and litigating Trader Joe’s trademark rights and turning around defunct oil companies in Oklahmoma.
If it’s an 8 story mixed building, they’d posted the beams only for a street level business like it used to be. Unless, the crane and the steel haven’t arrived, only several men are working on site. It’s been like this for a month.
If you are unsure about what a slime-ball Catsimatidis is:
http://racked.com/archives/2009/01/12/trader_joes_takes_imitation_grocery_trader_johns_to_court.php