The down escalator was supposed to be up and running by Dec. 14, after an outage lasting about three weeks. That's been extended a week. Let's see if it actually gets back to service.
This watchdog blog, by journalist Norman Oder, concerns the $6B project to build the Barclays Center arena & 15-16 towers at a crucial site in Brooklyn. Dubbed Atlantic Yards by developer Forest City Ratner in 2003, it was rebranded Pacific Park Brooklyn in 2014 after the Chinese government-owned Greenland USA bought a 70% stake going forward. In 2018, once the arena & four towers were built, Greenland bought out most of Forest City's stake, then sold three leases to other companies.
Still closed yesterday (12/21), but I haven't been by yet today. For what it's worth, I have not seen a single person working on "repairs" the entire time it's been shut down. Maybe they're working overnight?
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