Which Foodie Is Coming to Court and State?
Who just signed the retail lease in the new building at the corner of State and Court in Brooklyn Heights? That was the question that had members of the audience scratching their heads at last week’s quarterly Brooklyn Real Estate Roundtable held at the Brooklyn Historical Society. The corner location, which includes about 2,500 square…
Who just signed the retail lease in the new building at the corner of State and Court in Brooklyn Heights? That was the question that had members of the audience scratching their heads at last week’s quarterly Brooklyn Real Estate Roundtable held at the Brooklyn Historical Society. The corner location, which includes about 2,500 square feet on the ground floor and another 2,500 in the basement, just rented at a record-high $125 a foot after “long and protracted” negotiations, according to Massey Knakal senior partner Tim King. As to who the tenant is, King would only drop the tantalizing clue that it’s a company that’s been in the food production biz for the last hundred years. The two that leapt to our mind—Zabar’s and Di Palo—only go back to the 1930s, so scratch them. An announcement is expected in the next week or two, but we thought if we all put our heads together, maybe we could figure it out. Ideas?
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food PRODUCTIon sounds bad.
horray! that’s exactly what that location needs.
can’t be gristedes people — waay too small.
Tesco is starting out in the West Coast first, so we probably won’t see them here on the East Coast for a while. And ditto contempt on the New Balance store – it seems like an odd location for it and I’ve never seen anyone in there.
I heard a rumor that Welch’s Jelly and Juices is opening up an organic outlet. They opened for business in 1869.
Upscale gourmet doesn’t sound righ for that location, given that Trader Joe’s is moving in a block away. Also, when that New Balance store moved in next door, it just felt really wrong, especially when you see the people lined up at the theater next door not to mention the Eckard’s across the street. Gristede’s sounds right. But one of those other annoying chains could easily fit the bill too.
I would kill for a Marks & Spencer. But the fact of the matter is that this is a small space – only 2500 feet at the ground floor and a 2500 square foot basement, which would likely be storage. It will probably be a 7-11 or something like that. (Which, BTW, was founded in 1927.)
The space doesn’t look big enough for the big markets, which is too bad, because there hasn’t been a decent supermarket in the Heights since D’ag’s closed. Gristede’s on Henry is simply gross, and both Key Foods in the area don’t even try. I’m hoping for a new Blimpie’s.
“a company that’s been in the food PRODUCTION biz for the last hundred years”
I believe all Key Food stores (much like Associated and Met Foods, to name a few) are all independently owned. So the 7th and 5th Ave stores may be better, but this has no bearing on Atlantic Avenue…which is an AWFUL store.