Earlier today, Donald Monti CEO of Renaissance Downtowns talked to Kevin Schultz from pointblank about his RFQ, his desires, and his other projects in the area.
Some quotes of interest include:
Monti told Kevin, "...I'm saying it because there's nobody that cares about the Islanders staying that's responded..." Statements like this go along with what hes told Randi Marshall in the past, so it seems like it should be the Islanders fan hope that Nassau County chooses them to win the RFQ which we should find out sometime this month.
Monti also told Kevin, "...If Charles wants to stay here, I think we can help make it happen.” That is certainly encouraging, however, actions speak louder then words. So hopefully Nassau County gives him a chance to back this up.
Infamous Islander Country "rabble rouser" Joe Conte shared similar thoughts to that with Randi Marshall of Newsday after he found out about Renaissance interest in the property. If you don't know Joe, back in 2008, during Kate Murrays campaign at one press conference she held, GOP pit boss Joe Mondello told him to "Blow it out his duffle bag" after being mildly heckled. He also ran the campaign for Kate Murrays opponent Kristen McElroy that year.
If you would like to see more from the interview including how Monti hopes to link the Coliseum development to the Hempstead Downtown development hes currently the master developer of, click the link below:
http://islanderspointblank.com/news/exclusive-renaissance-downtowns-ceo-donald-monti-if-charles-wants-to-stay-here-i-think-we-can-help-make-it-happen/#more-37093
With all the talk of Brooklyn, I hope that Nassau County picks Renaissance as the RFQ winner to give us Islander fans one last hope at keeping Uniondale home.
Friday, August 10, 2012
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
BREAKING: Isles, Nets, NHL Have Meetings in The City
According to CBS, the Islanders, the NHL, and the Brooklyn Nets have had meetings in NYC recently.
The exact purpose of the meetings is anyones guess. It could range from talking about having more games at the Barclays Center, to them talking about a possible sale.
It should be interesting to see if anything more comes of this and how soon, especially with an RFQ winner expected this month. For more from CBS check out the link below:
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/08/02/barclays-center-ceo-reiterates-desire-to-have-islanders-move-to-brooklyn/
The exact purpose of the meetings is anyones guess. It could range from talking about having more games at the Barclays Center, to them talking about a possible sale.
It should be interesting to see if anything more comes of this and how soon, especially with an RFQ winner expected this month. For more from CBS check out the link below:
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/08/02/barclays-center-ceo-reiterates-desire-to-have-islanders-move-to-brooklyn/
Thursday, August 2, 2012
RFQ Winner To Be Picked This Month?
According to the LIBN, County spokesman Brian Nevin expects a winner of the RFQ for the "Hub" property including the Nassau Coliseum to be chosen this month.
Two weeks ago County Executive Ed Mangano announced an RFQ for a master developer of the Coliseum site and the winner would have to right away start negotiating with Charles Wang and SMG. The deadline for this was this past Monday and yesterday, it was reported by Randi Marshall of Newsday that 4 developers had submitted RFQ's and the County would now have to choose.
The four developers are Blumenfeld Associates out of Syosset, Donald Monti out of Plainview, Baldassano Architecture in Patchogue, and Breslin Realty in Garden City.
Nevin says that a review committee made from officials from various departments including; department of public works, the county executives office, and planning and economic development will make a recommendation to select one of the four developers to be the master developer for the site.
http://libn.com/2012/08/01/4-developers-vie-to-redevelop-nassau-hub/
Two weeks ago County Executive Ed Mangano announced an RFQ for a master developer of the Coliseum site and the winner would have to right away start negotiating with Charles Wang and SMG. The deadline for this was this past Monday and yesterday, it was reported by Randi Marshall of Newsday that 4 developers had submitted RFQ's and the County would now have to choose.
The four developers are Blumenfeld Associates out of Syosset, Donald Monti out of Plainview, Baldassano Architecture in Patchogue, and Breslin Realty in Garden City.
Nevin says that a review committee made from officials from various departments including; department of public works, the county executives office, and planning and economic development will make a recommendation to select one of the four developers to be the master developer for the site.
http://libn.com/2012/08/01/4-developers-vie-to-redevelop-nassau-hub/
Ratner: Trying Like Hell To Get the Islanders To Brooklyn
With all the talk of RFQ's and stuff in Nassau, Brooklyn Nets minority owner and majority owner of the Barclays Development in Brooklyn Bruce Ratner had an interesting quote in a daily news article.
He told the Daily News, "...I am trying like hell to get the Islanders to make Barclays Center their new hockey home."
The group Nassau picks for the RFQ and how things progress immediately after will be pretty telling I think. With things like this, it wouldn't surprise me if things don't go well early on in the negotiations in Nassau if more steam gains from Brooklyn and more serious then we've gotten in the past. Again that's speculation on my part and I have nothing beside intuition to back that up.
http://www.nydailynews.com/a-new-arena-article-1.1126292
He told the Daily News, "...I am trying like hell to get the Islanders to make Barclays Center their new hockey home."
The group Nassau picks for the RFQ and how things progress immediately after will be pretty telling I think. With things like this, it wouldn't surprise me if things don't go well early on in the negotiations in Nassau if more steam gains from Brooklyn and more serious then we've gotten in the past. Again that's speculation on my part and I have nothing beside intuition to back that up.
http://www.nydailynews.com/a-new-arena-article-1.1126292
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
4 Developers File RFQ's For The Coliseum Property
According to Randi Marshall of Newsday, 4 developers filed RFQ's for the Nassau Coliseum property by yesterdays deadline.
The four developers are:
Patchogue based Baldassano architecture
Garden City developer Breslin Realty
Plainview developer Donald Monti
And Syosset developer Ed Bluemenfeld
According to the article, Baldassano architecture partnered with develpment consultant Walter Paulick. They reportedly dont intend to include the arena in their plans. In fact, according to the article, they only wish to develop about 30 acres of the more then 70 acres on the site.
For more on this check out Randi Marshalls article at the link below:
http://mobile.newsday.com/inf/infomo;JSESSIONID=D905051D270C2210ADAA.3247?site=newsday&view=top_stories_item&feed:a=newsday_1min&feed:c=topstories&feed:i=1.3873984&part=0
The four developers are:
Patchogue based Baldassano architecture
Garden City developer Breslin Realty
Plainview developer Donald Monti
And Syosset developer Ed Bluemenfeld
According to the article, Baldassano architecture partnered with develpment consultant Walter Paulick. They reportedly dont intend to include the arena in their plans. In fact, according to the article, they only wish to develop about 30 acres of the more then 70 acres on the site.
For more on this check out Randi Marshalls article at the link below:
http://mobile.newsday.com/inf/infomo;JSESSIONID=D905051D270C2210ADAA.3247?site=newsday&view=top_stories_item&feed:a=newsday_1min&feed:c=topstories&feed:i=1.3873984&part=0
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