Still getting used to the idea of a hotel on the Southside. I guess the lenders are good with it.
Lightstone Lands $77M Construction Loan for W’burg Moxy Hotel
Goodbye Beautiful: Celebrity Stylist Ditches Williamsburg
“I don’t like it here anymore. I just don’t.”
From the Mini Mall to Metropolitan Avenue to Bushwick – 20 years of Williamsburg retail encapsulated.
Retail Vacancies Abound near the Bedford Avenue L Stop
Does “L-mageddon already has a prime span of Williamsburg’s Bedford Avenue in its grip”?
A lot of the examples shown around Bedford and North 7th have been vacant or under-rented for ages. Add to this the long-standing shittyness of this stretch of Bedford and the insanely high rents, and I’m a bit skeptical that this is all about the L train. But it sure doesn’t help.
(Special bonus for long-time Northside denizens – a cameo appearance by Kenn Firpo!)
Retail Rumor: Apple Still Not Coming to Williamsburg
Speaking of rumors that just won’t die, the Brooklyn Paper tells us that there is still no Apple store in Williamsburg (and Francisco Franco is still dead).
For the record, that means that there is no Apple store at the Edge (but the developer swears that Apple was “interested”), and there is no Apple store at the Salvation Army, just as there wasn’t two years ago. There also won’t be an Apple store at the Williamsburgh Savings Bank (either one, for that matter). For some reason, Apple seems uninterested in isolated neighborhoods that could cannibalize business from their existing 14th Street store.
The source of this month’s Williamsburg/Apple rumor? The Salvation Army has hired a good architect to redevelop their property at the corner of Bedford and North 7th. The Salvation Army didn’t hire Apple’s talented architect, just a talented architect (one that has worked with the Salvation Army before – there’s a breadcrumb no one bothered to follow).
Besides, I hear Apple is looking at the former Deli Mart space on the opposite corner. It’s true – I read it online.