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Court OKs expansion, Columbia pushes forward in M’ville

The University is not wasting time with its plan, pushing forward this month with construction projects and demolition efforts in Manhattanville.

By Maggie Astor and Kim Kirschenbaum | Sep 7 02:01 am ET

Court of Appeals grills state on M'ville blight, civic purpose of expansion

Well over 100 people crowded into the courtroom—and more overflowed into a separate room with a closed-circuit television—to watch the significant eminent domain hearing unfold.

By Maggie Astor and Kim Kirschenbaum | Jun 1 07:32 pm ET

Manhattanville expansion timeline

Since the University announced its Manhattanville expansion in 2003, the development has faced many hurdles. On Tuesday, eminent domain will be debated in the highest state court.

By Kim Kirschenbaum | May 29 05:11 pm ET

ESDC Prepares to Acquire CU Properties

In the midst of fierce debate over Columbia’s campus expansion, discussion of eminent domain has centered around the dwindling number of property holdouts in the area—now down to two. But other spots in the neighborhood have been largely left out of eminent domain conversations even though it affects many tenants of Columbia-owned buildings.

By Maggie Astor | Feb 3 03:53 am ET

Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against CU

A state court dismissed a case brought against Columbia and the city Thursday, effectively validating the environmental review process for the University’s Manhattanville expansion.

By Daniel Amzallag | Sep 26 04:08 am ET

M'Ville Owner Launches CU Protest Blog

Manhattanville business owner Nick Sprayregen—the largest private property owner remaining in Columbia’s future campus footprint and one of the expansion’s most vocal critics—said he found a new wa

By Scott Levi | Sep 19 01:51 am ET

BP Rejects Rezoning Plan

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer rejected the rezoning proposal of Tuck-it-Away storage company owner Nick Sprayregen on Wednesday.

By Betsy Morais | Nov 1 02:54 am ET

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