![]() Store hours vary by location as well this one is open until 9:45 p.m. But there’s also a Panera Bread opening at 85th and Broadway next year – and in March, a Playa Bowls opened in the former Origins space – so perhaps the once-bustling district is on its way back.Įach Key Food offers different deals, but here’s the current weekly circular for the nearest location. It’s also a welcome addition because it’s something that’s opening in any area stricken by closings and retail vacancies we counted seven just between 85th and 88th streets. Currently, nearby food shopping includes Barzini at 91st and Broadway, Broadway Farm at 85th and Broadway, and another Key Food on Amsterdam Ave. Whether or not you’re a fan of Key Food, a supermarket is a welcome addition to this area. According to a brochure for the no-longer-available listing, the corner space measures a bit over 7,000 square feet (with a 1,500 square foot basement). Banks and pharmacies are now in decline, but our current solutions are not capable of dealing with these changes.Signage is up for a Key Food opening next year at 2409 Broadway (northwest corner of 88th Street), a space which was previously occupied by a Duane Reade. ![]() ![]() A large population density on the UWS needs more not less. To get more supermarkets we need to provide retail space that is suitable for growth. A new and larger store will help in providing space to deal with COVID and overcrowding issues which might be keeping some customers from shopping there. They do have loyal customers and longer hours. Hopefully Key Foods will be able to provide new services to the community that will allow them to be competitive. In a modern storefront, Key Foods will only be a quarter the size of the Whole Foods at 97th street, but its current prices are much higher for staples. Key Foods has needed their new location for a long time. Target, Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s occupy new spaces that are critical for modern supermarkets to thrive on the UWS. ![]() The very rich and very poor are the only ones capable of affording to live on the UWS. The middle class who does not benefit from government subsidies is slowly disappearing. High prices contribute to gentrification. Forcing landlords to break up larger retail spaces has been a major factor in limiting stores like supermarkets to choose the UWS.īy limiting competition from nesting, higher priced businesses benefit from shortages of suitable retail space. The UWS has allowed the few to prevent any sort of development necessary for resources in the community. Update: We learned of the opening date on Friday. Thanks to Gretchen Berger for the tip and photos. It seems that the 90s are now flush with groceries, what with Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods. Key Food will be paying $100 per square foot for the location and its lease has a base term of 15 years.” “Key Food will be joining Plant Shed, a high-end florist and cafe, which opened a 2,400-square-foot store in the retail condo….The grocer will be occupying 10,000 square feet on the ground floor and 4,000 square feet in the basement. “The space will allow the store to provide shoppers with more offerings than some of the chain’s other locations, including a sushi bar,” The Real Deal wrote. The new space is expected to open Monday, January 31st, an employee told the Rag. That’s the size of the new Key Food supermarket that is opening on the southeast corner of Amsterdam and 96th Street, one block south of its current location, The Real Deal first reported. There’s big grocery store news in the neighborhood - 14,000 square feet big.
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