Catsimatidis Says He'll Bring Back Myrtle Market
If he builds it, a supermarket will come. John Catsimatidis tells the Daily News that if work begins on his maybe-it’ll-happen-maybe-it-won’t project at 162 Myrtle within the next couple months, a supermarket and Duane Reade “should be done within a year if the world doesn’t fall apart with the real estate market.” The old Associated…
If he builds it, a supermarket will come. John Catsimatidis tells the Daily News that if work begins on his maybe-it’ll-happen-maybe-it-won’t project at 162 Myrtle within the next couple months, a supermarket and Duane Reade “should be done within a year if the world doesn’t fall apart with the real estate market.” The old Associated on Myrtle was torn down to make way for development, leaving many residents in nearby public housing without an easy grocery option. Councilwoman Letitia James says she doesn’t totally buy Catsimatidis’s promise to open a supermarket as part of his 660-unit, mixed-use, multi-building project. “It’s wonderful if that’s the case, but I’ll need to see it in writing,” says James.
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you are the master of the obvious.
1:04 – b/c i care deeply about this subject and it bothers me to hear smucks pontificate on it like they have a clue what they’re talking about.
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.
this project is a retarded comment magnet.
cas is building this – he said so last week in the BE article – market rate only for now b/c the city can’t deliver on its part of the the financing for the affordable component.
and he will include a supemarket and pharmacy. pre-existing biz from ingersol and whittman plus oro, avalon and bfc condo will make them plenty profitable.
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.
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
and you are a schmuck – with a ‘c’, btw.
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.
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.