Catsimatidis Says He'll Bring Back Myrtle Market

The guy's a businessman. He'll build the market if he thinks he'll make money, not because a politician is pressuring him too.

Posted by: guest at March 12, 2008 9:27 AM

Real estate is no beauty contest nor sainthood. So for those hoping and expecting convenience and favor, like a supermarket or Duane Reade, you can forget it and find solace somewhere else. If you're poor, the worst. Because you'd have to climb a steeper mountain. That's why the govt should come in and mandate certain things in society. Unfortunately, the business sector and the politicians rub each other's elbows for the most part, spouting rhetoric so nothing gets done. Sounds familiar? It's the reality. Wait till he becomes a mayor, if ever.

Posted by: guest at March 12, 2008 10:14 AM

Yes 10:14 the Government should begin mandating the location of Supermarkets and drug stores.

IMHO You are fully nuts.

Posted by: guest at March 12, 2008 10:54 AM

Yeah it's funny. I wonder if the politicians don't want a supermarket here because it might alleviate the "need" for the Admiral's Row teardown.

Posted by: guest at March 12, 2008 11:02 AM

10:54 Nothing wrong with mandates. When Reagan started deregulation in the 80s, that's when businesses went out of whack till now, and you're affected.

No, you're not being humble in your opinion, just misinformed.

Posted by: guest at March 12, 2008 11:02 AM

I cant believe the government cant mandate a supermarket & a duane reade! We must press the gov't to mandate these things among others! I propose the gov't make everyone wear glow in the dark underwear & mick mouse hats, if they dont they must pay a fine. Are you nuts 10:14am? Hey, coming from a communist country where they told me what to wear, how to talk, and how to wipe my ass, i can tell you that your propoganda is stupid. Go blow Lenin' or Hillar Clinton, if you want socialism/communism move to China or Cuba you shmuck, maybe you'll be satisfied Venezuela.

Posted by: guest at March 12, 2008 11:41 AM

11:41 and you think the US economy is any better now with Bush flushing money down the toilet? you're a petty nudnick republican who can only use lame and trivial analogies. Go wear a mickey mouse hat, no soup for you.

Posted by: guest at March 12, 2008 12:08 PM

and you are a schmuck - with a 'c', btw.

Posted by: guest at March 12, 2008 12:13 PM

Getting back on topic, despite what 'Tish James may want, the Cat Man is probably not as focused on Ingersoll, Farragut, etc. with the retail component of this development. I'm sure he's more focused on ORO, Avalon, BFC and the "Brownstone Brooklynites" along Dekalb (S. Elliott, S. Oxford, etc.) Therefore, I think we're looking at Gristides or D'Agastino's...not Associated or C-Mart

Posted by: guest at March 12, 2008 12:20 PM

Despite the wavering and the waffling, I'm sure Catsimadis will include a decent supermarket in the mixed-use complex bec of the new residents. He'd be stupid not to. It only makes good business sense and will benefit the entire area.

Posted by: guest at March 12, 2008 12:35 PM

BrooklynLove is such a polyanna. How come you can't ignore such retarded train wreck? I see, you watch the same reality shows on television.

Posted by: guest at March 12, 2008 1:04 PM

you are the master of the obvious.

Posted by: guest at March 12, 2008 1:11 PM

Then shut yer trap, BL.

Posted by: guest at March 12, 2008 1:16 PM

The above quote typifies Tish James's deficient negotiation skills. Her abrasiveness, paranoia, and inability to forge collaborative relationships has hurt her district more than a few times. She "speaks truth to power" (e.g. council speakers, developers, cultural institutions, etc.) and then later uses their dislike of her as an excuse to explain why she could not deliver, namely on her purported dedication to affordable housing.

She is nearing the end of two terms in the city council and how many units of affordable housing has she secured for her district? As of 2009, she's gone and I hope that her replacement cares more about the constituents than marching in the street to protest Bruce Ratner.

Posted by: guest at March 12, 2008 1:18 PM

Hey 1:18 what's her (Tish's)story? I could never quite figure her out. Is she pro-development / anti-development? Presumably, she's anti-gentrification...but where is/was her power base...in other words, who is the constiuency that put her on the council?

Posted by: guest at March 12, 2008 1:38 PM

11:02 -
I really must be uninformed because I never heard that the locations of supermarkets and drug stores were ever regulated in the 1st place.

I stick with my original opinion - you are nuts

Posted by: guest at March 12, 2008 1:50 PM

You obviously have a pea-sized brain. Learn to read in between the lines. No supermarkets were ever regulated or any stores, nor your rant. But it can't hurt to regulated certain things now that idol Bush has ruined the country - like the rezoning laws, gas pricing, housing, construction, etc. It was the result of deregulation that allowed airline abuses, govt contracts and price gouging in many sectors like loopholes, if you get them. But I don't expect you to. So stop mouthing off your ass to prove your misinformation and just curl up in your ignorance.

Posted by: guest at March 12, 2008 2:09 PM

Uh, 1:18, I hate to be the one to break it to ya, but finishing Councilman Davis's term didn't count towards the term limit of Tish. She can run again, and I even heard that she thinks she can become Council Speaker because of her, by then, seniority.

Posted by: guest at March 12, 2008 2:59 PM

Uh, can you enumerate T James' accomplishments?

Posted by: guest at March 12, 2008 3:13 PM

2:09 - please get back on your meds asap.

Posted by: guest at March 12, 2008 3:34 PM

Oh my God, 2:59, say it ain't so. If this it true, well, it's time to move to East New York. At least Charles Barron will be gone.

Posted by: guest at March 12, 2008 5:54 PM