Oh, the difference West Street makes. Goldman Sachs is making noises (read: fishing for tax abatements) about ‘relocating.’ Seems the behemoth they are building in Jersey City, which they are aren’t even sure they need (I’m working from memory here; there was an article when this story broke in December to the effect that much of the building might be sublet or warehoused), might not be enough stave off their march into more ‘accomodating’ environs (read: tax abatements). Community Board 1, in such a tizzy about Scott Rudin’s 350 foot tower just across the street, seems to think the 800 foot tower proposed for the last commerical site in Battery Park City is just peachy
“You’ll never see me oppose a tall building in my neighborhood,” Goodkind said. “Contextually it seems to be what Battery Park City is all about.”
The EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) even argues that the shadows might be a good, helping fielders in the softball park in the bright summer months. Only two things cause trembling around here: that Caesar Pelli be invited back for the hat trick (both 30 Hudson, the official name of the cross the river digs, and the World Financial Center are his spawn), and that they city dangle abatements on the order of those offerred to the NYSE. Let’s be real here. It may be only a PATH station away (there is even talk of a private ferry), but since it seems like half of TriBeCa is inhabitated by GS bankers, do you really think they would consent to working in New Jersey? Even the Journal, which has considerably more leverage over its staff, couldn’t make it work (not the best linkage; there was another Off the Record aritcle I could not find that detailed the fact that some staff rejected bonuses in the neighborhood of $30K to permanently relocate to the New Brunswick offices).
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Oh, the difference West Street makes. Goldman Sachs is making noises (read: fishing for tax abatements) about ‘relocating.’ Seems the behemoth they are building in Jersey City, which they are aren’t even sure they need (I’m working from memory here; there was an article when this story broke in December to the effect that much of the building might be sublet or warehoused), might not be enough stave off their march into more ‘accomodating’ environs (read: tax abatements). Community Board 1, in such a tizzy about Scott Rudin’s 350 foot tower just across the street, seems to think the 800 foot tower proposed for the last commerical site in Battery Park City is just peachy
The EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) even argues that the shadows might be a good, helping fielders in the softball park in the bright summer months. Only two things cause trembling around here: that Caesar Pelli be invited back for the hat trick (both 30 Hudson, the official name of the cross the river digs, and the World Financial Center are his spawn), and that they city dangle abatements on the order of those offerred to the NYSE. Let’s be real here. It may be only a PATH station away (there is even talk of a private ferry), but since it seems like half of TriBeCa is inhabitated by GS bankers, do you really think they would consent to working in New Jersey? Even the Journal, which has considerably more leverage over its staff, couldn’t make it work (not the best linkage; there was another Off the Record aritcle I could not find that detailed the fact that some staff rejected bonuses in the neighborhood of $30K to permanently relocate to the New Brunswick offices).