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ju mj y i i liAWMIkmAblock. However, he said, many of the stores are national chains.Seven banks, including the Brooklyn Savings Bank and the Williamsburgh Savings Bank, are financing the project. Under an agreement with the city and the state Urban Development Corporation (UDC), the UDC will own the land and lease it to Rentar for 99 years. Rentar will pay $150,000 rent yearly to UDC and the city in lieu of taxes. Rent payments will increase over 30 years.Rentar built the Middle Village Shopping Center in Queens and the Flatlands Urban Industrial Park, a 96-acre business center employing 7,500. With his latest venture, Flatbush Avenue will be %u201c mailed%u201d in at either end with Kings Plaza by the Belt Parkway, and the Albee Square Mall by the Manhattan Bridge.Demolition of the old theater, built in 1925, is tw'o-thirds done, and slated for completion in late December. Ratner aims for a 1980 completion date for the mall.BY GARY FREDERICKOne of the last %u201c palaces%u201d %u2014the once famed vaudeville Albee Theater on Fulton Street%u2014is nearly gone; and in its place, beginning in January, a huge glass palace is rising.It%u2019s a gamble Arthur Ratner can use,%u201d said James Vlasto, who handles public relations for the $16 million Albee Square Mall to be built on the theater site. %u201c Many contractors wouldn't take it because the city is a risk,%u201d Vlasto added, for fear the mall would not generate enough business to pay its yearly $150,000 rent.Ratner is president of Rentar Development Corporation, owner of the upcoming mall.%u201cThis is a real commitment by a guy who's not abandoning New York City,%u201d Vlasto said.Housing 80 stores on three levels, the mall will be glassenclosed with a 440 space parking garage. About 70 percent of the stores have been leased, according to Vlasto, who refused to disclose the names of the new boys on theCoop Bureau FormingBY DAVID HABENSTREITBrandishing a brand new grant, the Brooklyn Food Co-op Project aims to hire a community organizer to set up an information bureau for other Brooklynites forming their own food cooperatives.Founded last winter, the project has its venture%u2014the People%u2019s Food Co-op%u2014at Fourth Avenue and Ninth Street. Members number fewer than 15 families, who save 30 percent on fresh fruits and vegetables. In return, they invest a monthly three hours of elbow grease.The $9,068 award comes from the Campaign for Human Development, a drive by Catholic bishops nationally to make up for the defunding, in the late 60%u2019s and early 70%u2019s, of poverty programs. Three-fourths of money raised by each diocese%u2014annually, on the weekend before Thanksgiving%u2014go for grants to national projects; onequarter stays at home. Says Sister Mary Hegarty, in the Brooklyn diocese, it funds grassroots efforts for institutional change run by and serving members of the poverty community.The food co-op project aims for a bureau to guide people over the hurdles of: organizing a co-op, finding food suppliers and dealing with troubles such as %u201ccooperators%u201d who don%u2019t do their share of work...or, that is, cooperate.The project also aims to form a large, self-sustaining food co-op %u201cin an area where people feel the pressures of rising food costs wage freezes,%u201d said a spokesperson. The People%u2019s Food Co-op may simply expand to meet this goal and accommodate its hoped-for membership of 100.Anyone interested in the job of community organizer should write to the project, c/o Joe Holtz.Albee Mall RisesOver Theater RuinsPEOPLE IN GLASS HOUSES: A stone%u2019s throw from the Dime Savings Bank of New York onFulton Street, the soon-to-be-started Albee Square Mall will house 80 stores under askylight. Top view, proposed mall exterior; bottom, artist%u2019s rendering of interior.Golden Choosing New Board Two,Six MembersBY MARTHA DOGGETTCandidates for 52 seats coming vacant on downtown area Community Boards Two and Six in January are being reviewed by Borough President Howard Golden, who said he plans to %u201cfinalize all appointments%u201d%u2014and reappointments%u2014by Dec. 12.However, Golden has not pledged to remove members with poor attendance records. Lack of a quorum stymied Board Six voting action for nearly two months in October and November.%u201cThe borough president would prefer boards remove members according to their own bylaws,%u201d Golden%u2019s executive assistant, Harvey Schultz, said. %u201c He feels he should not get involved on a board-by-board basis, only on an annual basis. It%u2019s not up to us to make those judgments.%u201dThe two-year terms of 47 members all told from the two boards expire Dec. 31, and five members------: ------- A D .%u201e* %u2018 4.U ~ **%u201c %u2019 v *%u25a0 v . UUi, W111VUU u>vmember has had poor attendance, has not been involved at all, or has indicated that he or she is not interested, we automatically consider them candidates for reappointment,%u201d Schultz said.In an Oct. 25 letter, Goldensolicited comments from City Council members representing the two board districts on persons who have applied for the upcoming openings. So far, 68 persons have applied for Board Two slots, and 34 for Board Six.District Two, bordered on the north and west by the East River takes in the neighborhoods of Brooklyn Heights, Ft. Greene, Boerum Hill and Clinton Hill. District Six covers Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, Red Hook, Gowanus, Cobble Hill, extending also to the waterfront.Golden makes the appointments, but must, according to city charter, select half of any board%u2019s membership from names submitted by City Council members representing the board%u2019s district.Council members Abraham Gerges and Thomas Cuite represent portions of District Six, and Gerges and Mary Pinkett represent parts of District Two.T%u2019U n K <-> %u2022*/-* ii nvnfS/1 n ln n r *%u201c v ivhold a series of meetings board-byboard with the involved council members during the week of Dec. 4.The PHOENIX reported Nov. 23 that, according to Schultz, Golden had sent three letters to boardmembers in recent months encouraging them to attend meetings. Schultz now says letters have only been sent to council members and board chairpersons and that Golden feels the boards themselves must act on attendance problems.The PHOENIX attempted to contact the five Board Six members with the lowest attendance records.Angela Barbagallo, who attended one out of 11 1978 meetings, was unavailable for comment. Elinore Flynn and Elizabeth Wynne (both of whom have attended no meetings this year), and Jean Hanley (one meeting in 1978) have unlisted telephone numbers at home and at work.The fifth, Frances Crisafulli, has attended one meeting. She said, %u201c The first year I was on the board I was active and interested, and I still am. I sold my business a few weeks ago and until then I was so involved in negotiations that I just didn%u2019t have time. The past six1------l----- %u2014--- 1__It___L l- t mvuuiid iiu tv uvvii u u u v n w u u iv ,, 1will be attending in the future.%u201dSchultz said information was not readily available on which board members were recommended byCuite, Gerges, Pinkett or Golden. %u201c It would take some work,%u201d he said. %u201c We don%u2019t keep records thatway. The Borough President has the right not to approve of a councilmanic recommendation but of course must accept a substitute nomination. There is really no number assigned to a particular councilman,%u201d he said.Members are appointed for two-year terms and can be reappointed. Half the members, or 25 persons, are coming up for reappointment every January.Board Six members whose terms expire Dec. 31 are: Selma Abramowitz, Mary Barnard, Peggy Buffalano, Gerard Carey (board chairman), Nancy Clancy, Anima DeMartini, Aniello DeMaio, Nancy Gooding, Salvatgore DeNave, Arthur Gulbrandsen, John Gmelch, Robert Hubbard, Ira Levine, Donna Maggikore, Robert Molle, Thomas Palermo, Jose Sanchez, Carl Solranno, Salvatore Scotto, Kitty Terjen, Elizabeth Wynne, Patricia Zedalis, and Clifford Weber (appointed Nov. 13.mcmucrs wiiu have aiicnucu fewer than half the meetings in 1978 are Clancy, DeMaio, Gooding, Mollo, Palermo, Sanchez, Soranno, and Wynne.Board Two members whose terms expire this year are: Edward Carter, Luis Castro, Linda Cateura,Virginia Apuzzo, John Isoldi, Gertrude Jefferson, Ernest Kamp, Howard Lewis Jr., Nathan Levine, Lynn M ettler,Frances Mitchell, Walter Murphy, Albert Parham, Vivian Patterson, Diane Porter, Ethel Purnell, Mary Reed, Harry Reid, Clara Schwabe, Rita Schwartz, Elizah Smith, Jane Williams, Sixta Ponce, C. Theodore Ogren, and Charles L. Hall (associted Oct. 5). Attendance records for Board Two were not available at deadline. The most recent appointment to Board Six is Park Slope resident Clifford Weber.Applications can be picked up at council members%u2019 offices or at the Community Board Unit, room 202 in Borough Hall. Completed applications should be returned to the Unit, where they are kept on file until a vacancy occurs.Members are chosen on the basis of their degree of community involvement, Schultz said. Applicants must provide information on liieir present employment, educational background, organizational affiliation, and public service. The form application therefore also requests the signatures of three character references.w m m m%u00ae 2 S S %u00ae TUC Duncuiv l l n u o m h a v 111 1B7B