From the latest Construction Update: not much new, but on southeast block, finishing touches on/around 595 Dean towers

The latest Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Construction Update (bottom), covering the two weeks beginning Monday, May 1, was circulated at 10:59 am today (late!) by Empire State Development (ESD) after preparation (presumably) by Greenland Forest City Partners (GFCP), which is dominated by Greenland USA.

Again there's little change, compared with the previous update, though the document again confirms that there are no construction activities planned for the crucial first block of the platform over the Vanderbilt Yard, which would support three towers.

Remember: such work had been teased as starting last May, but a month ago they finally confirmed it wasn't happening. 

That suggests that Greenland USA, having lost its Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park point man (with no replacement) and with no chance of meeting the May 2025 affordable housing deadline, with at least 876 units due, is renegotiating and reconsidering the project.

They don't want to pay the $2,000/month fine for each missing unit. The question, then, is whether Gov. Kathy Hochul's administration and the gubernatorially-controlled ESD will negotiate in secret.

On the southeast block, progress

The new document, in red, does indicate new and expected-to-be-completed work at the B12/B13 site, 595 Dean Street, two towers said by developer TF Cornerstone to already be open.

For apartments next to the West Tower hoist, interior finish work is expected to be completed in these two weeks. Punch list work for (unspecified) apartments is ongoing. 

In the adjacent open space, architectural woodwork installation of benches for the plaza area is ongoing, as well as various punch list items. 

Planting of trees on Dean Street is expected to be completed during these two weeks.

Utility Con Edison has completed installation of all interconnection feeder cables between vaults and no additional Con Ed work is expected.

After-hours work? 

Regarding after-hours work at the B12/B13 site, the document says there's a variance for work to start at 6 am on weekdays. No such variances for that time have been listed since mid-February, which suggests they're getting closer to completion.

It also says "Saturday work from 9 AM – 5 PM will continue." No variance has been listed since 4/1/23, though previous variances were from 9 am to 5:30 pm, a small but not insignificant persistent inaccuracy. No one proofreads this stuff.