Roosevelt Island Main Street Retail Master Leaseholder Agreement Signed Today - Hudson/Related Takes Over Main Street Retail Operations From RIOC, Great Day For Roosevelt Island!!!!!
Just received word that the Roosevelt Island Main Street Master Leaseholder Agreement between the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) and Southtown developer Hudson/Related was signed earlier today. According to Hudson Principal David Kramer:
We finally signed the Master Retail Sublease today.Below is Mr. Kramer shaking hands with RIOC President Leslie Torres following the signing of the Master Leaseholder Agreement. Related's Kim Sherman Stamier is standing next to Ms. Torres.
Will have more on this later.
UPDATE 8/13 - More here.
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Trader joes
we need a walmart here
Hopefully this will be the start of a new revitalized Main Street.
I am eager to show off a lovely thriving street and not appologize for its dark appearance.
LOL dream big. we absolutely don't.
If they do a good job of attracting appealing retail and either Stanford or Columbia actually take over the Goldwater campus, maybe Roosevelt Island will begin to become the place I hoped it would be when I moved here 34 years ago.
Wouldn't that be something! (We are too small, though.)
Dunkin Donuts / Baskin Robbins
Absolutely. Long Island City/Astoria would also benefit.
Trader Joes would thrive here.. Gristedes would lose a ton of business and people will shop at trader joes versus having to go to trade fair or costco (for the most part) the prices are reasonable and would allow for all socioeconomic levels to shop at trader joes..
Dream on - there isn't enough foot traffic to support a TJs. However, a moderate size health food store with a take-out section such as Natural Frontier Market - a branch of which has recently opened in LIC - might survive on RI. Whatever does open definitely has to be priced moderate to try to compete with Costco which everybody can go to either on foot or by bike/car. Also, the incredible freshness/quality of Costco they would have to beat - a tall order for any grocer.
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