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Tesco has secured 20 sites in Phoenix as it begins its U.S. push in earnest.
The British supermarket chain will call its stores Fresh & Easy. When it first announced it was coming to the U.S., the grocer indicated it would be building convenience stores. But it is actually opening full-scale supermarkets.
According to the Atlantic Yards Report, Joseph Sitt of Thor Equities, the company behind the proposed Coney Island makeover, has learned a thing or two by watching the Atlantic Yards saga play out.
As Gowanus Lounge blogger Robert Guskind has ably pointed out, the developer apparently sent a mailer from a seemingly grassroots group, The Future of Coney Island. As with a Forest City Ratner brochure, the list of issues for respondents to cite could only serve the developer: “Yes, my community needs jobs.”
As Guskind wrote, “The promo mailer says nothing about housing or highrises, both of which are controversial parts of Thor’s plan.” It’s reminiscent of the Atlantic Yards mailer last May (below) that curiously contained no towers but asked residents what aspects of the project interested them.
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