From Bklyner: 80 Flatbush Project Swaps Office Space for Mostly Market-Rate Housing in First Tower As It Begins Construction

Yesterday Bklyner published my article about a project very near Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park that I wrote about a lot in 2018, 80 Flatbush Project Swaps Office Space for Mostly Market-Rate Housing in First Tower As It Begins Construction.

From the lead:

The 80 Flatbush project, in Downtown Brooklyn at the edge of Boerum Hill, is set to finally start construction on the first phase of the project, a 44-story, 480-foot tower. Thanks to the post-pandemic realities, it will be different from what was presented to the City Council in September 2018.

Questions remain about when the affordable housing component of the project, its main selling piece, will be fully delivered, whether there are any meaningful penalties associated with ensuring timely delivery, and what they may be.

Here's one of the rubs:

But transparency regarding a delayed start remains lacking. Aiming to learn more about such penalties, this journalist on Oct. 16, 2018, filed a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request with the Mayor’s Office and another with the Department of Education, which was referred to the Educational Construction Fund. None have provided responsive documents.

That's more than two-and-a-half years!