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Atlantic Yards Holdout Considers Moving
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Ben Muessig
Published Jan 3, 2010
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Here's a sign that the Atlantic Yards project might actually get built — longstanding opponent Daniel Goldstein has started to look for a new place to live, according to the Associated Press. Goldstein, the most vocal adversary of developer Bruce Ratner's plan to move the New Jersey Nets to Brooklyn and construct a high-rise housing complex, currently resides within the project's footprint and would be forced out using eminent domain proceedings. Though the wire service reports "he isn't ready to concede defeat," Goldstein has apparently started thinking about finding a new place to live. This comes after the seemingly beleaguered project won a major victory when a court dismissed a lawsuit challenging its use of eminent domain, and after Ratner finally closed on the $4.9 billion deal. In November, the state gave Goldstein a lowball offer for his Prospect Heights condo, promising him $80,000 less than he spent to buy it in 2003.
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