Brooklyn Retail Project Revised Again

[CityLife]

Gotcha Maximus. Thought you meant they changed it due to MJ or negative feedback.

[ben says]

Anyone have an iota of an idea who any of these future tenants are? Crossing my fingers we won't see a Wal Mart Neighborhood Market.

According to the JDR link above, it's gonna be a Fresh Market.

Fantastic!

[I-10east]

No it doesn't. That article explains why they have to seek approval (on an already approve project) for the revised site plan. The site plan was revised after CVS pulled out. They had to add additional parking because restaurants require more parking than a pharmacy.

First sentence on that article link..."The developers of a proposed retail center in Brooklyn have scrapped plans for a pharmacy and instead seek more parking to accommodate additional restaurants".

I could see if it read "The pharmacy pulls out of the retail center, so the developers revised their plan with additional restaurants". Then that would not have explained tenant B's departure.

[FSBA]

Any idea on what restaurants might go there? I saw one mock up said "Modern Taco" that suggests place holder text for Chipotle.

Also, how has Fresh Market done so far in Jacksonville? I'm don't go out of my way to eat organic but I know Whole Foods is the king of that market.

[tufsu1]

as to the proposed station...if JTA gets the TIGER grant (should be announced this fall), then the new station would open in early 2017

[edjax]

Did it receive approval today?

[Debbie Thompson]

Everyone raved about Fresh Market so I finally went to the one on Atlantic out by the Beaches a year or so ago.  Lots of bins of junk food in the middle of the store, masquerading as natural foods.  Lots of overpriced meats.  A few aisles of canned goods. Honestly, I was not impressed.  Did I catch it on a bad day?  Did I miss something?

[ProjectMaximus]

as to the proposed station...if JTA gets the TIGER grant (should be announced this fall), then the new station would open in early 2017

Is this time frame impossible without the grant?

[CityLife]

No it doesn't. That article explains why they have to seek approval (on an already approve project) for the revised site plan. The site plan was revised after CVS pulled out. They had to add additional parking because restaurants require more parking than a pharmacy.

First sentence on that article link..."The developers of a proposed retail center in Brooklyn have scrapped plans for a pharmacy and instead seek more parking to accommodate additional restaurants".

I could see if it read "The pharmacy pulls out of the retail center, so the developers revised their plan with additional restaurants". Then that would not have explained tenant B's departure.

I'm not basing what I'm saying on an article from the Daily Record. I posted on the other thread about this site a week or so ago that CVS pulled out. Not that it matters anyways now, I just thought it was worth pointing out if people were wondering why the changes happened.

[tufsu1]

as to the proposed station...if JTA gets the TIGER grant (should be announced this fall), then the new station would open in early 2017

Is this time frame impossible without the grant?

depends if someone else wants to fund it....the grant app is for $20 million, of which JTA will pay for 50%....but if the grant doesn't come through, they'll either have to find additional money or scale back the plan

[Stephen]

I am just glad they are building something there. I had friends from Chicago visiting last week and they were having a good time pointing out what a backward dump that area is.

[ben says]

Everyone raved about Fresh Market so I finally went to the one on Atlantic out by the Beaches a year or so ago.  Lots of bins of junk food in the middle of the store, masquerading as natural foods.  Lots of overpriced meats.  A few aisles of canned goods. Honestly, I was not impressed.  Did I catch it on a bad day?  Did I miss something?

I happen to like FM. To me, it's a mix between a Publix/Winn Dixie type store and a Whole Foods/Grassroots. I don't think they claim to be anything (I haven't read their mission statement or anything, though). I think they have a good assortment of imported goods, pretty decent baked goods, a wide variety of specialty products, and a few dozen fruits/veg you can't find at a Publix. It's not that they're better or worse than a Publix or a Whole Foods. What I like is just that they're "different."

[hightowerlover]

Can they make it like this instead

[Tacachale]

^They obviously can, but they don't want to, and our leaders did nothing to encourage it.

[thelakelander]

Not with that structured parking (given what today's market in Jacksonville is). That would significantly increase development costs to the point, you'd be better taking your investment money to another community or the burbs.