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 December 5, 2007 - The Brooklyn Navy Yard and its largest tenant - the wildly successful Steiner Studios - are teaming up to redevelop a 20-acre site within the Navy Yard as a media campus. Seeking to attract a diversified pool of media, film, television, and entertainment companies, as well as non-profit organizations, Steiner Studios and Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation (BNYDC) issued a joint Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) for the site, which formerly was used by the Navy as a medical compound. According to the RFEI, writers, producers, post-production facilities, and media related office tenants are amongst those eligible to respond. The RFEI also notes that BNYDC and Steiner are particularly interested in proposals that include a graduate-level educational component. “Cultivating New York City's film and television production industry has generated enormous results in our effort to grow and diversify our economy, and the creation of a new multi-purpose media campus at the Brooklyn Navy Yard will make New York an even greater center of media production going forward,” said New York City Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Rebuilding Daniel L. Doctoroff. “The media campus is what attracted us to the Navy Yard in the first place,” said Douglas C. Steiner, Chairman of Steiner Studios. “This 20-acre site – adjacent to our existing studios – screams ‘back lot!’ It’s truly a ‘diamond in the rough,’ offering producers enormous possibilities. We see this development as marking the next phase of our transformation into a full-scale movie studio on par with the major lots in Los Angeles.” With buildings preserved from the Civil War and both World Wars, the open campus environment features winding drives, expansive fields and park-like grounds echoing Universal Studios and other major lots in Los Angeles. The restored buildings are envisioned to house businesses offering a wide range of creative services. Originally opened in 2004, Steiner announced earlier this year their fourth expansion: the renovation of a 289,000-square-foot seven-story tower. The site, a World War II-era building at 25 Washington Avenue, stands at the entrance of the present 15-acre Steiner Studios facility. In addition to more production space for film, television, commercials, and photo shoots, the renovated building will be a resource for post-production, animation, and other media-related companies. “With the expansion of the ‘Made in NY’ incentive program, more and more productions are choosing New York City as their location,” said Commissioner Katherine Oliver of the Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting. “The city offers a thriving community of industry professionals who are resident New Yorkers, over 100,000 strong, and this media campus will provide even more opportunities for productions to be made in New York.” Responses to the RFEI are due in early 2008. |  |
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