tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540741986563382319.post1715048718273723505..comments2024-02-27T07:33:30.829-05:00Comments on Edge of the City: Lots of Good Info on 'Windsor 2' DevelopmentEdge of the City Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17822675810482605051noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540741986563382319.post-84308129224221939412012-10-23T16:29:37.208-04:002012-10-23T16:29:37.208-04:00The Walgreens location meets all requirements for ...The Walgreens location meets all requirements for Whole Foods. It is larger location than the Windsor II location.<br />It is prime for redevelopment (upwards). A beautiful building could be placed there.<br /><br />After Windsor II, and the condo building that looks like the next location ready for redevelopment.<br /><br />The stores in there are useless sans the Walgreens. Definitely a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540741986563382319.post-4239902521524558862012-10-23T16:23:41.341-04:002012-10-23T16:23:41.341-04:00Parking can be handled with an underground garage....Parking can be handled with an underground garage. <br /><br />The Staples location is too small and parking is abysmal. The Walgreens location on Queens Boulevard would make for a perfect whole foods ground level with underground parking. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540741986563382319.post-80432776104411094472012-10-23T15:32:14.702-04:002012-10-23T15:32:14.702-04:00I think thats reason to believe they "would&q...I think thats reason to believe they "would" come to us. The only thing that I find interesting is, "Abundant parking available for our exclusive use".....Yea, cause you can easily find exclusive parking in Union Square. :pAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540741986563382319.post-64404833016262957072012-10-23T15:08:38.332-04:002012-10-23T15:08:38.332-04:00This is why they wont come to us
200,000 pe...This is why they wont come to us<br /><br /><br /><br /> 200,000 people or more in a 20-minute drive time<br /><br /> 25,000-50,000 Square Feet<br /><br /> Large number of college-educated residents<br /><br /> Abundant parking available for our exclusive use<br /><br /> Stand alone preferred, would consider complementary<br /><br /> Easy access from roadways, lighted Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540741986563382319.post-79718246688065454982012-10-23T12:22:03.533-04:002012-10-23T12:22:03.533-04:00I wonder if Whole Foods knows that the demographic...I wonder if Whole Foods knows that the demographic isn't ready for it (or willing to shell out the money). There were two, in my opinion, nice options for Organic and Healthy foods (one being the location next to the Windsor 1 and the other on Austin) and unfortunately, they both failed. I'm surprised though, my wife and I loved shopping at the Organic shop, ordered lots of lunches from Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540741986563382319.post-72189869568464121982012-10-22T22:23:16.727-04:002012-10-22T22:23:16.727-04:00Everyone seems to want a Whole Foods here. It is ...Everyone seems to want a Whole Foods here. It is just food delivered from farms and manufacturers and plants. And Whole Foods isn't cheap either. <br /><br />I would go for a Whole Foods in Forest Hills, in fact I think an excellent location would be for a ground Floor Whole foods where the Walgreens is now on Queens Boulevard. The site should be redeveloped after the Windsor II developedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540741986563382319.post-43392859807523388242012-10-22T19:42:00.365-04:002012-10-22T19:42:00.365-04:00http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/22/1456314...http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/22/14563149-organic-food-no-better-than-conventional-for-kids-pediatricians-say?liteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540741986563382319.post-17959341610760239132012-10-22T18:47:03.573-04:002012-10-22T18:47:03.573-04:00Yes-you can suggest store locations on their websi...Yes-you can suggest store locations on their website as well!Austin Annienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540741986563382319.post-37556402356322822052012-10-22T18:27:29.603-04:002012-10-22T18:27:29.603-04:00Whole Foods would be a spruce to our neighborhood....Whole Foods would be a spruce to our neighborhood. That's one fine company that thought "outside of the box" by reverting to nature. My family, friends, and I left messages with Whole Foods, urging them to consider Forest Hills for a new shop. Rego-Foresterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05398510218292813862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540741986563382319.post-10808346223556362832012-10-22T16:23:55.250-04:002012-10-22T16:23:55.250-04:00I basically won't consume any packaged item fr...I basically won't consume any packaged item from a supermarket (mostly chemicals) unless it expressly says it is organic and/or the ingredients are completely natural. While the government might find one specific packaged food safe, they never take into account what happens to the body when you are eating multiple packaged foods all with different chemicals. <br /><br />Combine that into yourEdge of the City Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17822675810482605051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540741986563382319.post-15504796014133599832012-10-22T16:20:34.549-04:002012-10-22T16:20:34.549-04:00The Windsor I and Windsor II or whatever you call ...The Windsor I and Windsor II or whatever you call it are both in excellent prime desirable locations. <br /><br />The Biu Bello property (Condos going up behind it) will be in a very noisy and crowded area, but the location isn't bad. <br /><br />Rego Park by that Lefrak tower has seen some new condos go up by there too. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540741986563382319.post-90909800639329914722012-10-22T15:11:41.985-04:002012-10-22T15:11:41.985-04:00I loathe Key Food. Fresh Direct probably loves the...I loathe Key Food. Fresh Direct probably loves them because Key Crap sends thousands of desperate Forest Hillers to their website.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540741986563382319.post-72358674019020541312012-10-22T14:43:06.531-04:002012-10-22T14:43:06.531-04:00... and more and more overcrowding of our local sc...... and more and more overcrowding of our local schoolsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540741986563382319.post-5000103144664682492012-10-22T14:41:26.449-04:002012-10-22T14:41:26.449-04:00Why would the CVS fall through? The CVS was permi...Why would the CVS fall through? The CVS was permitted for but denied. CVS had every intention of wanting the bottom space. <br /><br />This Windsor 2 enhances the community with new construction again and ground floor retail space which is still likely going to be for a CVS although the architecture design of the new building won't be the best design. <br /><br />New construction has goneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540741986563382319.post-20434099768180640522012-10-22T13:59:28.148-04:002012-10-22T13:59:28.148-04:00i will miss the bodega. when i was a kid, lots of ...i will miss the bodega. when i was a kid, lots of kids used to come over there and spend all our money on video games and looking at the pr0n magazines.<br /><br />those were the days pre-internetAlenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10361839630596751189noreply@blogger.com