Business Reporter

Kevin V. Nguyen

Builders are liable for defects in new construction projects, but a system built around litigation has choked development and stalled sales.

“It’s not the most special building in the world,” one supervisor said of the old roastery. Local preservationists disagree.

Legislators and voters have approved novel ideas to generate funding, but a lack of political will has scuttled them. 

111 Taylor St. is run by GEO Group, a $3 billion private prison firm that operates Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities across the country.

After an investigation by The Standard, Kathrin Moore said she would stop voting on projects by an architecture firm from which she receives income.