Union Market Prepping for Fort Greene Expansion
Park Slope’s modestly-sized but decidely upscale Union Market has spent much of the past year looking for the right spot to open a new store in Fort Greene. While Union Market won’t comment on its plans yet, we’re hearing that it has its eyes on the 10,000-square-foot Dollar Dream space at 633 Fulton Street at…
Park Slope’s modestly-sized but decidely upscale Union Market has spent much of the past year looking for the right spot to open a new store in Fort Greene. While Union Market won’t comment on its plans yet, we’re hearing that it has its eyes on the 10,000-square-foot Dollar Dream space at 633 Fulton Street at Rockwell Place. While this location is a bit of shlepp for some of the brownstone blocks of Fort Greene (and definitely for Clinton Hill), there’s one constituency that’s going to be thrilled with this news: those buying in the Forte Condominium (and the developer who’s going to get some extra marketing mileage out of this). Regardless, if true, this is huge news for an area that has never had an upscale market of any size. It’s also a nice boost for the BAM Cultural District. We wonder whether if there’s going to be any permanent plan for parking for the store. GMAP
Photo by Scott Bintner for Property Shark
You must be thinking of the 7th Ave Key Food.
And knock yourself out if you want to pay a 200% markup.
i love union market. nice spot to treat myself every once in a while, pick up some nice things for a party or to have a great dinner if i don’t feel like cooking.
comparing union market to key food is like comparing calcutta to monte carlo.
sure, it’s more expensive, but as we all know in new york, it’s oftentimes about the experience more than anything else and going into union market is always a pleasure.
i prefer my grocery stores to smell like food rathar than dead bodies.
CB said: Waddaya mean “used to house the Dollar Dream”??? I just bought toilet paper there last week. Has it closed?
Why go there when you can go to the new store and get your “upscale” paper for $5 a roll 😉
Seriously, sometimes I fret that FG/CH is going the way of 1980s South Africa.
Anon 11:28: i’d much rather drive to Fairway once a week.
Fairway? What about that huge PathMark at Atlantic Center?
12:28 pm = Say it isn’t so! Although it totally makes sense, as the existing structure looks like a disaster, but how long must we wait?
I guess i’ll be hitting the Choice market first. On my bike! (i just gotta fix a large basket to the front and back).
It doesnt matter. I live walking distance and will still drive to Fairway.
I heard last week from a reliable source in the development community that the current building is going to be replaced with new construction, no doubt to its maximum potential. If that is true, nobody be grocery shopping anytime soon.
I think Mr B’s stance is totally reasonable, and I’d do the same if I were in his position (though again, UM is a total rip-off, IMO). I just also think that any retailer who brings parking to an already-congested area should be made to pay for adding more traffic to the mix.
And kudos on biking to work! I should start doing the same.
Anything has to be better than the Pathmark, or, God forbid should you be hard up for groceries, the Target. It’s not that the Pathmark selection is bad, it’s that it is overwhelmed with shoppers. I’ll be nice to have a B&M alternative to FreshDirect, which has served us well (and the new State Street Deli is good in a pinch).