220,000 Feet of Targety Goodness for Flatbush
Commercial Property News reports today on Brooklyn’s third Target store, a 300,000-square-foot structure to be built across the street from Brooklyn College at the intersection of Flatbush, Nostrand and Avenue H. In addition to 220,000 square feet for Target, the development will also include 80,000 square feet of mixed retail space and a five-level parking…
Commercial Property News reports today on Brooklyn’s third Target store, a 300,000-square-foot structure to be built across the street from Brooklyn College at the intersection of Flatbush, Nostrand and Avenue H. In addition to 220,000 square feet for Target, the development will also include 80,000 square feet of mixed retail space and a five-level parking garage. The developer, Triangle Equities, had to get the LIRR and MTA’s blessing before the project could go ahead.
A Third Target Store for Brooklyn [CPN Online]
Funny how we all love Target but would scream bloody murder if it were a Walmart, and I include myself in that. I shop at Atlantic Center a lot but Walmart gives me a raging headache. 20 years from now, let’s just hope Target is still appealling because we don’t seem to have much tolerance for other big box retailers.
if wallmart comes then it’s all over
I read somewhere that the Target in downtown Brooklyn has the largest retail sales in all North America. I think this was also true about the Home Depot when it first opened in Gowanus. Thats why Walmart is foaming at the mouth to get into Brooklyn.
The junction desperately needs a business like Target. The strip is already ugly, so who cares if it’s a big box. It will stimulate much needed economic growth in the neighborhood. People who don’t live here are clueless about a) the fact that the stretch is already an eyesore and no real hope of changing that and b) there are lots of people out here who really need the convenience of shopping closer to home. THere is very little nearby.
And yes, Courtelyou Road in the heart of Vic Flatbush is the most ethnically diverse community in the entire U.S. (according to US News and World Reports – this thread was explored on Browstoner.
It is going to be on the borders of South Midwood, Fiske Terrace and Manhattan Terrace. Manhattan Terrace is part of Midwood. South Midwood and Fiske Terrace are Victorian Flatbush.
Ugh, another big box in Brooklyn. What is this city coming to! I can handle one, but a third? Not to mention all the home depots, with another to come on 8th ave. Bad, bad trend
As a Ditmas Park resident and mother of young children, I rely on Target for many basics,and shop their frequently. I will LOVE not having to schlepp to the Atlantic Center and battle that nightmare traffic. In fact, I won’t even have to drive on a major thoroughfare to get to this new Target – I could even walk. A store like Target is perfect for the neighborhood that, according to US News and World Reports, has the most diverse demographic in the entire country. ALL kinds of people shop at Target, and the Victorian Flatbush community will support this store and benefit form its presence in the nabe.
Plastic rules! Nothing less than the future of Brooklyn depends on it.