 The developer purchased the main site at 420 Albee Square for $38.5 million in 2014 and bought the rest of the development area from the New York City government for $18.3 million in 2017.The Girard family had owned it for years and operated the site as a parking lot.The developers also purchased of development rights from the neighboring 217 Duffield Street, in exchange for financing a park on the site.