N.J. angles for Hunts Point market

New Jersey is courting the Hunts Point Produce Cooperative Association, the group that runs the South Bronx-based Hunts Point produce market, to take up residence in the Meadowlands, according to the New York Post. Governor Chris Christie is so intent on winning the wholesale cash cow, which does roughly $2.3 billion in business every year, that he sent his Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno, to meet with the leadership there. The marketplace’s lease on 660,000 square feet of space expires this May, and some members of the co-op say they’re being swayed to move toward New Jersey. “It’s very compelling,” a source close to the co-op leadership said. “We feel like the belle of the ball being chased around.” [Post]