NEW YORK CITY—City Council has agreed to allow tall towers atthe former Domino Sugar refinery on the Brooklyn waterfront,according to the Wall Street Journal. The move is a bigstep forward on Two Trees Management's mixed-use development at thesite, as well as the first significant land-use proposal under thenew mayoral administration.
The Domino Sugar site has a lengthy and difficult history butrecent negotiations among Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration,the City Council and the developer have put the project on theverge of final approval.
The deal would allow Two Trees to build as high as 55 stories—15stories above anything else on the Brooklyn waterfront. Inexchange, the developer agreed to certain affordable housingrequirements.
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Rayna Katz
Rayna Katz is a seasoned business journalist whose extensive experience includes coverage of the lodging sector, travel and the culinary space. She was most recently content director for a business-to-business publisher, overseeing four publications. While at Meeting News, a travel trade publication, she received a Best Reporting award for a story on meeting cancellations in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.
