In 2005, NYCEDC closed on the sale of a 42-acre site in southern Staten Island to create a new retail center there called Bricktown Centre at Charleston.
The progress on the construction of the Lakeside facility continues at a rapid pace. The framing out of the East building is nearly complete as is the cover for the hockey-sized rink.
An annual app development competition that utilizes official City datasets, NYC BigApps serves to stimulate innovation in the information technology and media sectors.
