Developer to Demolish Clinton Hill Key Food for Eight-Story Apartment Building
Developer Slate Property Group plans to demolish the Key Food at 325 Lafayette Avenue in Clinton Hill to build an eight-story, 115-unit rental building, as Crain’s was the first to report. The 120,000-square-foot building will include 15,000 square feet of retail, which will likely be a supermarket, and 3,500 square feet of amenity space. Twenty percent of…
Developer Slate Property Group plans to demolish the Key Food at 325 Lafayette Avenue in Clinton Hill to build an eight-story, 115-unit rental building, as Crain’s was the first to report. The 120,000-square-foot building will include 15,000 square feet of retail, which will likely be a supermarket, and 3,500 square feet of amenity space. Twenty percent of the apartments will be affordable.
Aufgang Architects is designing the building, which won’t be the first supermarket-replacing development the firm has designed in Clinton Hill. It also designed the seven-story, 232-unit rental building rising at 490 Myrtle Avenue, where the Associated Supermarket used to be.
Instead of buying the property outright, Slate decided to partner with its longtime owners, Dan’s Supreme Supermarkets.
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I’m pretty disgusted by this news. As I live closer to Myrtle Ave, the closure and thusfar failed reopening of the Associated on our side has been a drag. Having both of these down at the same time is a real loss for the neighborhood, and of one of its greatest assets. The Waverly Associated is not large enough to accommodate the increased traffic, and is really not an adequate substitute (the meat section is limited to say the least). Other options are frustratingly expensive. Why is our rent going up while our basic amenities being stripped away? Yuppies need grocery stores too. I hope there is a good faith effort to get the Myrtle Associated back up. If anyone has any advice for advocating the cause, I’d welcome it.
Well shit, the Associated on Waverly is going to be even busier than normal now…
I know Key Food is the nicer of the supermarkets in this general area, but there is the C-Town on Dekalb. It will serve when absolutely needed.
About Mekelburgs…I walked past the spot on Grand today and they have a bunch of permits posted re: HVAC work and some other things to get the ground floor up to snuff as a commercial space. Can’t wait for gourmet food to go and growlers. Please owners, give us a sign that you actually will open?
This place has been “Coming Soon” forever though. I’ve never seen the gate rolled up with people working on it either. I’d welcome a beer spot with growlers to-go with open arms. Does anyone know what the deal is?
I know there is a gourmet shop and bar opening at 293 Grand in the next few months. that is perhaps, 50 foot steps away.
http://www.mekelburgs.com/
it appears you only have access to dumb ideas.
ha! i don’t know where the edit button is.. But, i was aware of the mistake..
” That said, the retail at Forte is owned by BAM and has been for years.”
The Forte Condo building is a ……. wait for it…..wait for it…. A Condo.
” I don’t know what the delay is, but BAM intends to use that space for itself. ”
Six years is a mighty long time. The Forte Condo is Fucked Busted just like Brooklyn.
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Someday this war is gonna end…
It use to be the Pioneer and it was renovated around 2007 or 2008.. That was the major renovation. They just put a new awning and painted the outside after Key Food took over a year or two ago. But, staff wise, the place has gone down hill big time since they got rid of the old manager.. Now, it’s like you are in the living room of one of the employees.. I sometimes find myself feeling bad about interrupting their conversation or their snack time, by purchasing groceries.