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The Sears location is as trafficked as you van get: a mall, with parking on site, as well as being serviced by the light rail and the Newport PATH station is across the street. Have you ever been to Harborside? Because your statement makes no sense... it's packed and crowded during the week from about 8 AM to 6 PM. Come out between 11:30 - 1:30 during the week and you will see that people all along the waterfront and in the Owen Grundy pier enjoying lunch or a midday break. It is also serviced by the light rail, and the Exchange Place PATH station is right next door. On weekends it is not that crowded, but that's mostly because there is hardly anything open down that way. A supermarket like WF could be transformative for the area.
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Seagull wrote: There has been some chatter that the Whole Foods at Metropolis Towers is a dead deal. Apparently the shareholders of the Metropolis Towers thought they were getting a bad deal out of the project and voted it down. Whole Foods also just closed nine of their stores nationwide due to a poor fiscal outlook, so they may have just decided to not go forward with the construction in this particular location and are looking elsewhere in Jersey City (hence the rumors of a Journal Square location).. [/quote If it's a dead deal it's nice to because of the shareholder vote. Those buildings are overwhelmingly owned by the coop itself to the tune of about 80%to 20%
Posted on: 2017/4/14 19:52
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i think JSQ or something close to a PATH station or hub makes more sense. I know they will require parking which will exist as part of the new towers parking garage, but also it needs to be a well trafficked area. I feel like the Sears and Harborside which is dead for most of the week would not benefit WF which needs a lot of constant foot traffic.
Posted on: 2017/4/13 16:00
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Posted on: 2017/4/13 12:37
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I have it on good authority that WF is definitely being wooed by Harborside Financial Center. I had heard the same as seagull (the Metropolis deal is dead) and that WF is shopping for another location.
Posted on: 2017/4/13 4:00
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There has been some chatter that the Whole Foods at Metropolis Towers is a dead deal. Apparently the shareholders of the Metropolis Towers thought they were getting a bad deal out of the project and voted it down. Whole Foods also just closed nine of their stores nationwide due to a poor fiscal outlook, so they may have just decided to not go forward with the construction in this particular location and are looking elsewhere in Jersey City (hence the rumors of a Journal Square location)..
Posted on: 2017/4/12 20:03
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In this article it says that 99 Ranch on Grand Street will open April 21st.
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/ ... 04/10/99-ranch/100083576/
Posted on: 2017/4/12 10:56
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I doubt they would be planning a second location when the first isn't even a done deal yet. Also if you go here http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/list/development you can see what stores are coming first.
This list http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/company-info/stores-development is where Jersey City is listed with a ton of other stores. The company is currently in turmoil and the activist shareholders are demanding change.
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I hear WF is planning a second location in JSQ? can someone confirm this??
Posted on: 2017/4/12 0:04
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Whole Foods scrapping expansion plans
"Whole Foods is now scrapping its plans to eventually expand to expand to 1,200 stores across the US. Company executives said they are going to wait and see how recently opened stores perform before making any long-term commitments on future growth." Will this change the plans for the JC store?
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Is 16,000 sq ft big enough for WF? This sounds small for any supermarket. http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/180428 ... e-Plaza-2-Jersey-City-NJ/
Posted on: 2017/1/26 16:46
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I walked by the location and popped in an open door to ask the foreman for the construction inside. He said they're definitely targeting the spring and it absolutely will not go into the summer. I'm hearing from other places they're targeting March.
Posted on: 2017/1/26 16:03
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Again with the Old Colony idea? That's a 15 minute schlep from the Grove Street PATH station. For most of DTJC, the trek would be even longer. As explained before, at that point you are better off taking the PATH to WTC, walking a few minutes to WF, and then coming back. Regardless, 99 Ranch Market is going into the old Pathmark space. [/quote Haha. 15 min from where your house? It has parking space and would transform the neighborhood. What do you say to those living on Brunswick or Hamilton Park area? I'm sure they are not going to want to walk all the way to their house from Grove with 4 bags of groceries either. Regardless, if the residents don't want it then it's back to square 1. Which probably means liberty harbor in about 5 yrs
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Again with the Old Colony idea? That's a 15 minute schlep from the Grove Street PATH station. For most of DTJC, the trek would be even longer. As explained before, at that point you are better off taking the PATH to WTC, walking a few minutes to WF, and then coming back. Regardless, 99 Ranch Market is going into the old Pathmark space.
Posted on: 2017/1/26 13:39
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They should have put it at the old colony shopping center
Posted on: 2017/1/26 4:03
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Posted on: 2017/1/25 20:46
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This would be great news, but it's hard to get excited about WF rumors after so many years of none of them becoming true. I wouldn't be at all surprised to learn the proposed WF for Metropolis fizzles out.
Posted on: 2017/1/25 19:59
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Metropolis Towers shareholders have organized against the Whole Foods plan. Don't expect it to happen there.
Posted on: 2017/1/25 19:47
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My people are telling me that Whole Foods is looking at opening here in Harborside Plaza 2....where the food court is. The court is closing next week 1/31/17. WF is alleged to be moving into that footprint. Keep your eyes open
Posted on: 2017/1/25 19:09
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The store is slated for opening in 2020. That's still more than 3 years away. They have plenty of time left to complete the development and open to the public.
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Is this really happening? Zero signs of construction so far.
Posted on: 2016/12/17 8:42
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Poor Yvonne must be having the biggest existential crisis of her life right now. A poor surface parking lot is being dug up...bad. But a big, beautiful, possibly unnecessary parking deck is going up in its place...that's great! But there's going to be awful, awful street level retail with a much needed grocer and create an enjoyable public plaza...terrible! And not to mention it could back up traffic in parts of the city...horrendous! What to do??
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Not me, but thanks for playing. I'm sure they've appreciated over time - probably quite a bit, given how old they are and how much the area around them has improved. Getting 3x or 4x on your money is nice, but on a small amount it isn't "buying or selling" anyone. I know Tommy the slumlord has done well, but the average person isn't walking away with a truckload of cash. Either way, that place is a rathole.
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The co-op owners in those "projects" will be able to buy and sell you, my friend. They're sitting on a gold mine.
Posted on: 2016/7/14 20:23
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Seriously. We're replacing a surface lot with a deck, on top of retail. It is a pretty damn good solution.
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Nice...! And, indeed, whenever they have the San Marzano on sale, I do buy too much of it. I used to buy the same sparkling water, until I switched to a Sodastream. (BTW, if anyone else in here uses Sodastream, you can get replacement cartridges at Bed Bath and Beyond for $10 if you use one of their $5 off $15 coupons that show up in the mailbox every month or so.)
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I live alone, so most of the time, my Whole Paycheck purchase does fit into just a bag or two. However, about once a month I do use the car to load up on stuff like the house brand Italian sparkling water (cheaper than Pellgrino by far). It's summer and I like watermelon, but there's no way I'm going to schlep a watermelon - or even half a melon - home on foot. They will also run pretty good sales on those pricey cans of San Marzano tomatoes, and that's when I stock up and buy an entire flat of those cans. I make my own sauce and always have some in the fridge. In fact I have marinara simmering on the stove right now.
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Definitely agree that replacing the surface lot with the parking deck is a huge improvement. And, of course, parking right on site is much more convenient than having to go across a busy street.
I am not sure I buy into the idea that people are going to WF and leaving with carts teeming with groceries. From my experience in this area, as well as in suburbia in NJ and elsewhere, it seems like most WF purchases can be fit in four bags or less. Perhaps a result of the high prices. After all, they don't call it Whole Paycheck for nothing. In any case, I am sure some smart people looked at the problem and determined a lot was necessary to make it viable. So, a lot it is. I am just surprised that so many people complain about lots in JC and this one seemed to have flown under the radar. Lastly, for those who don't think this will make traffic worse in the area, I am simply without words. That intersection is a shitshow and it will only get worse. Already, most days in the afternoon, the traffic along Marin Blvd backs up at least two blocks in both traffic directions from Columbus Drive. Just wait until the hotel opens and then you will have cars trying to drop off guests at the curb, and others presumably loading and unloading (hopefully along the northern side of Columbus) and that corner will be a veritable mess.
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