The announcement that Wegmans plans to open a Brooklyn store sent a wave ofexcitement through New Yorkers on Wednesday. The proposed grocery store, slotted to open in 2017, would bring affordable food prices to a segment of the Fort Greene neighborhood that has long been waiting for its own high-quality supermarket.
The site sits next to the Farragut Houses, a public housing project near the Brooklyn Navy Yard, a city-owned industrial park on the East River. For many years, residents had little access to cheap grocery stores with large selections of fresh foods, even as new buyers poured money into historic townhouses and luxury condos several blocks away.
Back in 2010, former Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration committed to a redevelopment plan for the dilapidated houses along Admiral’s Row at the Navy Yard. The plan included the construction of a supermarket, but it never got off the ground. Two potential developers had already pulled out by the time Steiner NYC secured its bid this week, with a Wegmans store anchoring the project.
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