State and Court Revealed: Boar's Head for Brooklyn
When the “Leased” sign went up in the window of 117 Court Street last fall, there was great speculation on this site and others about the identity of the tenant. We reported that Massey Knakal broker Tim King dropped a hint at the November session of the Brooklyn Real Estate Roundtable that the tenant was…
When the “Leased” sign went up in the window of 117 Court Street last fall, there was great speculation on this site and others about the identity of the tenant. We reported that Massey Knakal broker Tim King dropped a hint at the November session of the Brooklyn Real Estate Roundtable that the tenant was “a company that’s been in the food production biz for the last hundred years.” Some of the names readers threw into the ring included Balducci’s, Sahadi’s, Russ & Daughters, none of which, it turns out is right. To find the correct answer, you have to go to a follow-up thread on Chowhound in which one reader speculates that it could be Boar’s Head. Evidently, the cold-cuts giant already has a kiosk at the JetBlue Terminal at JFK and has had plans in the works to establish a beach head in Brooklyn. According to a well-placed source, this is indeed the location. Chicken roll, anyone?
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I don’t really trust Brownstoner on this one. His main source for all these rumors, since he first posted on it, is Chowhound and the last post on this is in January. No construction has started so what is the point worrying about it anyway. I also don’t think they’d be stupid enough to just sell cold cuts – it will probably be a theme restaurant or something like that. So everyone needs to chill for a bit.
Fits the general chain store ambiance of that area. The court employees will love it!
they are paying 140 a square foot no small deli can afford that. Boars head is bank rolling there own store and will essentially put out and hurt all store owners around them.
So you are right they are screwing the same people who helped them grow into what they are.
They have done this before they promised not to sell theyre product to super markets and now its in every super market so they have hurt the small guy before. they suck as a company ask any deli owner
Oh, when will BKLN get one of those tabsco ™ shops? When oh when?
I hope they open a hostess and an entenmans next door so I can get bread for my sandwich and a cupcake
“AND then the Boar’s Head company turns around, and opens their own store, screwing over all the store owners by taking away their business. Nice.”
Take it easy, John L. Lewis. I think there’s enough sliced meat business in NYC to go around.
Such a weird call. Paying the highest retail rents in the borough to sell sliced turkey? WTF?
In other words, ALL of the local, family owned deli’s have carried the Boar’s Head meats for all these years, making money for the company. AND then the Boar’s Head company turns around, and opens their own store, screwing over all the store owners by taking away their business. Nice.
Budweiser rules!