Whole Foods is Coming to Gowanus in 2011

Stephanie Armstrong
Whole Foods is Coming to Gowanus in 2011
Neighborhood: Gowanus
Brooklyn, NY 11215
United States of America
Gowanus has been waiting for the opening of a Whole Foods Market for years due to environmental concerns. The wait is almost over as it has been confirmed that the market will open on 3rd Avenue and 3rd Street .

Whole Foods is planning on applying to the Board of Standards and Appeals in the next months. Their application will then go under a review and public hearing in early 2011 according to the Brooklyn Community Board 6.

Residents are concerned that the market wants a separate parking structure. There is no scheduled opening date as of press time, but the site is fully cleaned and ready for construction.

According to a letter sent from Mark Mobley of Whole Foods to Craig Hamerman, District Manager of Community Board 6, the property was cleaned and overseen by the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

Sources
www.brooklyncb6.org
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CGNA

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  • Jerry12/5/2010

    The site was not "fully cleaned". Whole Foods put together several lots for this development and only one of them went through the Brownfield Cleanup Program.

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