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November 6, 2010
Fulton Mall is not there yet
The Brooklyn Paper
By Faith Hope Consolo
This article gushes about changes coming to the Fulton Mall (ahem, "luxury retail corridor") in downtown Brooklyn. This view includes the idea that the introduction of more chain stores will then lead to the opening of hip restaurants. It's difficult to predict the future will be for this shopping strip, but the author makes a pretty big stretch by predicting significant pedestrian traffic from the office workers of Bruce Ratner's soul-numbing Metrotech Center as well as from the arena goers of Atlantic Yards, about a half mile away.
The concentration of the youth-market stores will easily attract buyers from the entire borough. Add to the mix the proximity to Metrotech Center and the Atlantic Yards, and a constant flow of foot traffic in the pedestrian mall is almost a guarantee.
Posted by steve at November 6, 2010 8:26 AM