Joseph Hoffman, president of developer Bushburg Properties, hopes that
Bushwick’s new mini-mall, the Loom at 100 Thames Street, off
Knickerbocker Avenue, will make the neighborhood a stronger retail
destination. The 20-store mall held its soft opening May 9, and the
place was packed, said Israel Hirsch, a vice president at Bushburg.
Hoffman wants the mall to be the cornerstone of a neighborhood that is
part Williamsburg, part Bushwick. Only about 30 percent of the mall’s
storefronts, which range from 600 to 1,000 square feet and rent for
about $1,500 per month, have been rented. [more]