Whole Foods won’t commit to Gowanus

Whole Foods has finished cleaning a contaminated site along the Gowanus
Canal near 3rd Street and Third Avenue, but the grocery chain still
won’t commit to building its first Brooklyn location there, the
Brooklyn Paper reported. Initially, the state Department of
Environmental Conservation had expected the clean-up to
be done in conjunction with the construction of the grocery
store, but Whole Foods backed out. John Bogdanski, the contractor in charge of the state clean-up, said that there were tax incentives for Whole Foods to build on the property, but the store remains non-committal. “Whole Foods is now reviewing the possibilities for a future location at this site,” said a Whole Foods spokesperson, Michael Sinatra. “While there is no timetable set, discussions are active and we remain hopeful to bring a store to this community in the near future.” [Brooklyn Paper]

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