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First AY Residential Tower to Be 50 Percent Affordable

  ATLANTIC YARDS  
  BROOKLYN COMMUNITY DISTRICT 02     BROOKLYN COMMUNITY DISTRICT 06  
  BROOKLYN COMMUNITY DISTRICT 08  
March 11, 2010
Crain's New York Business

Forest City Ratner has agreed to set aside at least 50 percent of the units in the Atlantic Yards' first residential tower for affordable housing. Construction on the first tower is expected to begin in 2011. Crain’s New York also reports that Forest City Ratner is in talks with architect David Childs – head designer for 1 World Trade Center, 7 World Trade Center and the Time Warner Center – to design several buildings within the Atlantic Yards project.