Buildings
Nets Moving To Brooklyn: Gehry Stadium and Huge Urban Development
Set To Happen
(archrecord.construction.com - 01/23/04)
By Sam
Lubell
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Image Courtesy Forest City Ratner
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Developer Bruce Ratner officially announced
his development team’s purchase of the New Jersey Nets
today, prompting the franchise’s move to Brooklyn, NY.
The move precipitates the Atlantic Yards project in Downtown
Brooklyn, a $2.5 billion, 7 million-plus square foot megaproject
that will forever alter the borough.
Frank Gehry, FAIA, will play a major
role in the project, designing the Nets’ titanium-clad
800,000 square foot, 20,000 seat arena and a 44-story office
tower. The arena, still in early planning stages, will likely
have two glass facades and a roof garden/ rooftop skating
rink.
The project will also include 2.1 million
square feet of commercial office space, 4.4 million square
feet of housing, and 300,000 square feet of retail. Six acres
of landscaped green space will be designed by Olin Partnership,
well known for its landscape work in Battery Park City and
Bryant Park in Manhattan.
The plan has been loudly criticized
by some local residents with a number of complaints ranging
from the projects’ huge scale to the displacement of
a block of residents.
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