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I on Major DowntownFulton Street ArcadeProjected starting date: before July, 1975. Projectedcompletion: mid-1976. Consultation teams tor thearcade and transitway will be selected neit week. It ishoped that the final design contract will go before theBoard of Estimate for consideration within six weeks.SquareProjected start: summer, 1975. Projected completion:late 1977. This department store, garage andpedestrian plaza is in the design stage at present.ODBD is working toward plan approval by fall, 1974.Brooklyn CenterThe commercial jewel of downtown Brooklyn renewalis now well underway. The Con Ed building wascompleted last year, and the Brooklyn office of NewYork Telephone should be open in October of this year.In addition, 860,000 square feet of additionalcommercial space should be completed by 1977. TheLong Island University campus, adjacent to the Center,will include a University Park relating to the complex.The Nevins IRT and DeKalb BMT subway stations willbe renovated.Atlantic Terminal HousingThis renewal area will ultimately Include 800 units ofhoming, the reconstruction of the Long Island Railroad ITerminal and Atlantic Avenue subway stations, and the /new 10-acre campus of Baruch College. %u00bbStarts fall, 1973, Projected completion: 1975.Baruch CollegeProjected start: early 1976. Projected completion:1978. A msjor college of the City University, thearchitects for Baruch College have now been selected,it should take IS months before construction begins, inthe meantime a %u201cwatchdog committee%u201d of localpoliticians Is meeting monthly to ensure that planscome off without a hitch.Fulton FerryThe Fulton Ferry waterfront Park is now underconsideration. ODBD and other agencies are currentlyexploring funding possibilities and street Improvement.In the meantime, the bulkheading of the shoreline isnow being installed, and should be complete by the fall.-development Activity