From the latest Construction Update: little change, except sidewalk bridge is gone from Dean Street outside B12/B13; again, boilerplate on platform start

The latest Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Construction Update (bottom), covering the two weeks beginning Monday, Feb. 20, was circulated at 4:23 pm 2/17/23 (lead time) by Empire State Development (ESD) after preparation by Greenland Forest City Partners (GFCP), which is dominated by Greenland USA.

There's little change compared with the previous update, except that the sidewalk bridge along Dean Street, outside the B12/B13 site (595 Dean, between Carlton and Vanderbilt avenues), has been removed. 

Also, there is no longer mention of restoration of the median and paving a portion of Atlantic Avenue outside B4 (18 Sixth Ave., at Atlantic), so presumably that is completed.

The B12/B13 towers are expected to open in the next two months.

Platform work may start

For more than eight 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.

So the boilerplate continues. The work 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 two) of platform work. There's no evidence anything is happening. There's been no credible explanation for the delay, though it may relate to Greenland's financial struggles, and/or the murky outlook for tax breaks and subsidies for future housing.

After-hours work 

Regarding after-hours work at B12/B13, the document says there's a variance for work to start at 6 am on weekdays. No variances are currently listed, but may surface.

It also says "Saturday work from 9 AM – 5 PM will continue." The 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.