Asphalt Green Battery Park City
200 North End Avenue | also 212 North End Avenue | Battery Park City | built 2008
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- 2009
The Battery Park City Authority picks Asphalt Green to run its new community center
The Authority's board approved Asphalt Green, an Upper East Side fitness nonprofit, to run a planned 50,000-square-foot community center in the base of Milstein Properties' residential towers beside the ballfields. The center, with two pools, a gym and a theater, would cost about $55 million and was set to open in 2011. The Authority chose Asphalt Green over the YMCA, which had withdrawn its proposal, and Authority president Jim Cavanaugh called the YMCA's approach too cookie-cutter. Asphalt Green was to receive $300,000 in startup money plus a management fee.
Source: amny.com
- 2012
The Authority admits a contract dispute is holding up its finished $55 million center
For months, the Battery Park City Authority blamed boiler inspections, fire-safety permits and plumbing sign-offs for keeping its new $55 million community center closed. In a statement on September 12, chairman Dennis Mehiel acknowledged a contract dispute with Asphalt Green, citing the transparency rules that spending public money requires. The Authority was working with litigator Randy Mastro on how to amend the deal, which estimated a first-year deficit of $1.2 million.
Source: tribecatrib.com
- 2012
Superstorm Sandy floods the new center days after a deal was announced
The Authority had announced a revised contract with Asphalt Green just days before Sandy and hoped to open the fully built, furnished center on December 1. Flooding on the ground floor and basement then damaged the heating system, swimming pool and gym floors. The gym floor was removed, and about 180,000 gallons of water had to be drained from the pool. The opening date was once again unknown.
Source: tribecatrib.com
- 2013
Asphalt Green Battery Park City finally opens its doors
The 52,000-square-foot center opened on June 15, 2013, after missing its original November 2011 target. It has two pools, one with a movable floor for people with limited mobility, a regulation basketball court, a 156-seat theater and a culinary arts center. About 100 staff members, many of them from the Upper East Side campus, ran it. Membership for Battery Park City residents started at $116 a month.
Source: amny.com
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