Barbara Lampen
New Javits Head Comes from Freedom Tower
The Real Estate was wrong about one thing: predicting that Mike Petralia, the president of the Convention Center Development Corporation would be leaving at the end of March. It turns out, he will stay through June--but in an undefined capacity. Starting April 16, Barbara Lampen, assistant director of the Freedom Tower project at the Port Authority, will take over his job.
Is that a sign of the caliber of mess that the convention center expansion is becoming?
The announcement was made last Thursday by the state economic development agency.
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- Matthew Schuerman Correction: An earlier post mischaracterized the way in which the announcement was distributed.
