NEW YORK CITY-It was a moment several years, negotiations, landuse battles and lawsuits in the making.
“Hello Brooklyn,” were the words of Forest City RatnerCos. CEO Bruce Ratner upon taking thestage for the grand opening of the 675,000-square-foot, $1 billionBarclays Center arena this morning, officially ushering in the newhome for the Nets NBA franchise and the first piece of thecompany’s $4.9-billion Atlantic Yards project in DowntownBrooklyn.
Joined by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Forest CityEnterprises chairman Charles A. Ratner, BoroughPresident Marty Markowitz and Brooklyn Nets ownerMikhail Prokhorov, Ratner described the trials andtribulations of getting the project done amid the financial crisis,development changes and community opposition.
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