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May 27, 2005

Costco may come to Harlem

NY Newsday

In a move towards equal access to box stores:

After several delays, Costco is close to signing a lease for its first Manhattan store, said the developers of East River Plaza, a big-box shopping center set to open in summer of 2007 on FDR Drive in Harlem.

The warehouse club retailer will likely sign a lease as an anchor within the next two weeks, said David Blumenfeld, vice president of Blumenfeld Development Group, which is building the project in partnership with Forest City Ratner.

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NoLandGrab: An alert to those who have become incensed by eminent domain abuse during the course of the Atlantic Yards fight -- in recent years Costco has become one of the largest beneficiaries of eminent domain abuse in the nation.

Posted by lumi at May 27, 2005 7:25 AM