More Big Box Shops for Red Hook
Joining Fairway and IKEA in Red Hook will be BJ’s Wholesale Club, says the Brooklyn Paper. Their new home will be the site of the former Revere Sugar Factory on Beard Street, currently used as an IKEA parking lot. The developer, Thor Equities, offered this statement: “Thor is committed to ensuring that whichever organization leases…
Joining Fairway and IKEA in Red Hook will be BJ’s Wholesale Club, says the Brooklyn Paper. Their new home will be the site of the former Revere Sugar Factory on Beard Street, currently used as an IKEA parking lot. The developer, Thor Equities, offered this statement: “Thor is committed to ensuring that whichever organization leases this property, it will fully augment the historic revitalization occurring today in Red Hook.” They haven’t admitted that BJ’s is the new tenant, but an insider at the Borough President’s office let the news slip. The Beep assured the potential use of the site would be subject to a public review. “While welcoming major retailers to our borough could bring economic vitality and much-needed jobs to previously underserved and underutilized areas, we must also be sure to ‘grow smart’ and preserve a neighborhood’s character, he said. This wouldn’t be Kings County’s first BJ’s. There’s another near Starrett CIty.
BJ’s on Tap for Red Hookers [Brooklyn Paper]
What’s Left at Revere Sugar. Photo by Lock.
I’d like to pretend it won’t happen.
But press like this, that supposes it is a done deal, does not help.
Public Review process – maybe something can be done.
“This will be fought and will never be built.”
GWH, I would bet the farm that you’re wrong. I strongly agree with your views on suburbanization and everything else you said, but do you really believe this won’t happen? How did Ikea happen?
z, good one, but I prefer a Magic Bus!
Thruppence and sixpence each day
‘Cause I drive my baby every way
This will be fought and will never be built. It is time to reclaim the urban nature of New York City. No more suburbanization! I don’t agree with the argument posited by smeyer418 that this use is better than the alternative.
Large-scale retail outlets are permanently scarring the urban fabric of this city, by paving over the waterfront to put in parking lots and ugly warehouse retail buildings, destroying neighborhood retail, encouraging automobile use, and driving down wages and opportunity for middle and low-income New Yorkers. You can’t honestly pretend that jobs offered in large-scale retail outlets are good employment opportunities. Light-industrial uses are much better employment opportunities for those without college educations. By putting in a retail operation that has such vast advantages over local establishments, you drive out the entrepreneurs who start up new small business and give them the opportunity to actually own something, rather than work for a conglomerate.
Ruin someone else’s city, please.
You can’t carry much home on a shuttle and it doesn’t leave you off by your door so bulky stuff, heavy stuff, basically items you can get real discounts with if you buy in bulk, you really can’t take advantage of. And yes there’s car service- but unless you live close by, it’s expensive.
biff, the shuttle vehicle apparently will be a hummer.
Carol Gardens we have a house now but even before when we were in an apt. we along with two other friends would do a monthly ZipCar run over to it and then divvy up our loot.
Maybe they’ll set up a BJ Shuttle. That’s one bus ride I’ll be happy to line up for!
bxgrl has that right, it isn’t realistic because we can’t – if you don’t own a car, and you don’t have storage space, then the big boxes are meaningless to you except that you feel that you are being even more ripped off or a sucker when you shop at the regular or small chain stores.