From the latest Construction Update: no changes, no news. Which means crucial platform still hasn't launched, as promised, in 2022.

The latest Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Construction Update (bottom), covering the two weeks beginning Monday, Dec. 26 was circulated at 10:55 am yesterday (lead time) by Empire State Development (ESD) after preparation by Greenland Forest City Partners (GFCP), which is dominated by Greenland USA.

There's no change compared with the previous update, which had announced the start of deliveries of parking stackers at the B12/B13 site (595 Dean St.), on the southeast block, adding 455 spaces to the 303 spaces at the underground garage at 535 Carlton Ave., which is entered via Dean Street just east of Carlton.

Platform work may start

For more than six months, they've suggested that the preparatory stage of platform work--crucial to three of the six towers over the Vanderbilt Yard, and toward completion of the project's affordable housing commitment--will finally start.

But it still requires, as stated, permits to constrain sidewalk access and traffic around the block bounded by Atlantic Avenue and Pacific Street and by Sixth and Carlton Avenues.

That's the first block of platform work. There's no evidence anything is happening.

After-hours work continues

Regarding after-hours work at B12 & B13 (595 Dean) on the southeast block, the document accurately says there's a variance for work to start at 6 am on weekdays.

It also says "Saturday work from 9 AM – 5 PM will continue." There's no variance for today--the day before Christmas, but all the Saturday variances in the past months have been from 9 am to 5:30 pm. 

That, as I've noted, continues a pattern, which suggests that GFCP and site developer TF Cornerstone just don't care about getting it right. Nor does the state authority ESD.