Following a series of stories MHProNews  posted regarding the development of the 32-story, modular housing project by Forest City Ratner and construction partner Skanska intended for Brooklyn’s Barclay Center, work has come to a halt in a bitter dispute over tens of millions of dollars in cost overruns. Skanska idled 157 workers in the Brooklyn Navy Yard where the modules are being constructed as well as at the construction site itself where only ten of the planned 32-stories have been assembled, according to the New York Times. Richard Kennedy of Skanska says the design is flawed, while MaryAnne Gilmartin of Ratner says it is a monetary dispute, and the project will be completed. ##

(Image credit: SHoP Architects design of 32-story modular apartment buildings)