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Title: No CVS for Brooklyn. Another retail development proposed instead
Post by: thelakelander on August 03, 2017, 05:47:52 PM
QuoteAccording to a DIA memorandum, Ferber proposes to develop Smith Parcel 1 on Riverside and May, the May Street right-of-way and the Jug Handle with multi-tenant inline retail commercial uses, adjacent to Brooklyn Station. The proposed tenants will be national, regional and experienced local operators consistent with the existing Brooklyn Station tenant mix.

The Jug Handle parcel was part of a 2016 redevelopment plan for a pharmacy/drugstore, but the end user rejected the location and currently remains uninterested, according to Ferber.

http://residentnews.net/2017/08/03/dia-considers-land-swap-retail-developer-brooklyn-property/
Title: Re: No CVS for Brooklyn. Another retail development proposed instead
Post by: KenFSU on August 03, 2017, 09:23:46 PM
Wait, Brooklyn residents rejected the location?

In what way?
Title: Re: No CVS for Brooklyn. Another retail development proposed instead
Post by: thelakelander on August 03, 2017, 09:33:42 PM
The end user was the pharmacy the site would have been developed for. Not the consumers.
Title: Re: No CVS for Brooklyn. Another retail development proposed instead
Post by: KenFSU on August 03, 2017, 10:04:05 PM
Quote from: thelakelander on August 03, 2017, 09:33:42 PM
The end user was the pharmacy the site would have been developed for. Not the consumers.

Gotcha, thanks for the clarification!
Title: Re: No CVS for Brooklyn. Another retail development proposed instead
Post by: JaxAvondale on August 03, 2017, 11:06:52 PM
CVS needs to buy and build on the property next to Jimmy John's on Park.
Title: Re: No CVS for Brooklyn. Another retail development proposed instead
Post by: thelakelander on August 04, 2017, 06:33:40 AM
Sleiman needs to get in his "running the Landing like a shopping center mode" and get a few places like CVS/Walgreens to fill up some space before they find another location in or near downtown.
Title: Re: No CVS for Brooklyn. Another retail development proposed instead
Post by: jlmann on August 04, 2017, 02:31:08 PM
terrible, terrible news.  everybody knows drugstores really kick development into overdrive and can even single handely turn around neighborhoods

ugh so much for Brooklyn and downtown
Title: Re: No CVS for Brooklyn. Another retail development proposed instead
Post by: Jim on August 04, 2017, 02:41:11 PM
Quote from: jlmann on August 04, 2017, 02:31:08 PM
terrible, terrible news.  everybody knows drugstores really kick development into overdrive and can even single handely turn around neighborhoods

ugh so much for Brooklyn and downtown
OK RG, we get it.
Title: Re: No CVS for Brooklyn. Another retail development proposed instead
Post by: heights unknown on April 24, 2018, 12:52:54 PM
Quote from: thelakelander on August 03, 2017, 05:47:52 PM
QuoteAccording to a DIA memorandum, Ferber proposes to develop Smith Parcel 1 on Riverside and May, the May Street right-of-way and the Jug Handle with multi-tenant inline retail commercial uses, adjacent to Brooklyn Station. The proposed tenants will be national, regional and experienced local operators consistent with the existing Brooklyn Station tenant mix.

The Jug Handle parcel was part of a 2016 redevelopment plan for a pharmacy/drugstore, but the end user rejected the location and currently remains uninterested, according to Ferber.

http://residentnews.net/2017/08/03/dia-considers-land-swap-retail-developer-brooklyn-property/
Am I correct in understanding that since the drug store pulled out and is uninterested, for an undetermined time, that property will be surface paved and/or gravel parking lots? Same tired story.
Title: Re: No CVS for Brooklyn. Another retail development proposed instead
Post by: thelakelander on April 24, 2018, 01:00:08 PM
No. There are plans to build more retail on this site now.