State Gives Occupants 90 Days to Leave Atlantic Yards Building, Tenant Says
“A Brooklyn Supreme Court judge approved an order Thursday to transfer ownership of seven properties in the footprint of the Atlantic Yards development site to the state — as one of the seized buildings warned its tenants that the state is giving them 90 days to get out.
Justice Wayne Saitta signed off on the Empire State Development Corporation petition to take over the titles of seven properties under eminent domain during a hearing attended by attorneys representing the ESDC and the owner of at least one of the seven properties, 718-728 Atlantic Ave., a warehouse building currently occupied by the storage company StorageMart.
Charles Webb, attorney for the ESDC, said demolition or construction on the seized properties will not begin until the buildings are vacant, but said it is unclear when current tenants must leave.
However, in a blog post published Thursday, StorageMart said the state has given tenants 90 days to vacate the building. The company said customers must remove their property from the storage facility by Dec. 18.”
Smith, Rachel Holiday. DNA Info 22 September 2014.