“You can’t stop spring on Roosevelt Island. Pandemics, stupid politics, sorrow — none block the awakening. Pictures prove our point.” That’s what we wrote, last year, and it’s a clue for 2021. So, what’s ahead?

“Out from months of wretched news, we pull the best from the mess and celebrate spring on Roosevelt Island.

“And in 2020, the oddest season most of us will ever see. Who know we’d end up adding summer, autumn and winter?”

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The board-approved terms gave Hudson/Related thirty years, no vacancy deadline and a larger share of profits if the land became more valuable

Theo Gobblevelt Jul 24, 2026

At the June 18 meeting of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation’s Real Estate Development Advisory Committee, President and Chief Executive Officer B.J. Jones acknowledged that there had been no progress finding a tenant for the long-discussed medical space on Main Street. Hudson/Related Realty LLC had told him that filling the space, along with other vacant storefronts, was proving more difficult than expected.

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