Essex Crossing Developers Highlight Labor Agreement; Still No Decision on Hiring Union Construction Workers
Essex Crossing Site 2; view from the intersection of Delancey and Essex streets. Credit: Handel Architects. Crain’s posted a story overnight that touts the use of union labor in Essex Crossing, once the large residential and commercial complex on the former Seward Park urban renewal site is finished. Here’s how the piece leads off: The developers of Essex Crossing, the massive mixed-use project planned for the Lower East Side, have agreed to staff the complex entirely with union workers, the firms announced Wednesday. BFC Partners, L+M Development Partners and Taconic Investment Partners...