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July 27, 2005

MTA to Ratner: Sweeten our pot

And the winner is... nobody just yet. New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority voted this afternoon to postpone a decision on the sale of development rights to its Brooklyn rail yards land, but then said it would give New Jersey Nets owner Bruce Ratner a 45-day exclusive window to negotiate a more acceptable deal.

"I think that the bid that we did get from Forest City [Ratner], while complete and well thought out, frankly was not as high as I expected," said MTA Chairman Peter Kalikow. "I expected the MTA to receive more money." Kalikow didn't explain why the board was choosing to negotiate with the bidder who offered only $50 million, as opposed to the one who offered $150 million, if price was the main object...

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