[CPEO-BIF] Whole Foods building on Brooklyn (New York) brownfield

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

TO:  Craig Hammerman
District Manager
Brooklyn Community Board #6

FROM: Michael Sinatra
Public Affairs Manager, Whole Foods Market
Northeast Region

DATE: October 9, 2012

RE: Update for Whole Foods Market at 3rd Avenue and 3rd Street


It is with great pleasure that we are writing to update members of  
Brooklyn's
Community Board #6 on the construction of our planned Whole Foods  
Market store at
the corner of 3rd Avenue and 3rd Street.  After many years of hard  
work by our
development team – and with the support of so many community members  
– we are
now finally under way with the construction process and look forward  
to bringing
Brooklyn residents their first Whole Foods Market next year!  Since  
we’re sure you’re
likely getting questions from area residents about construction  
timing, next steps, etc.,
we thought it might be helpful to provide you with a quick update on  
our efforts:

Remediation/brownfields cleanup of the property officially complete –  
While we had
actually completed the physical remediation of the property some time  
ago, we were
awaiting the final step in the cleanup of this brownfield site, which  
was the receipt of
our official “certificate of completion” from the NYS Department of  
Environmental
Conservation.  We received the certificate earlier this year and  
therefore the site is
completely and "officially" remediated and ready for construction.

Site preparation now under way – As our neighbors may have noticed,  
our contractor
has completed demolition of the remaining deteriorating structures  
that were on the
property and is now preparing the site for construction.  This first  
phase – including site
surveys and test pile driving – should be completed in the coming weeks.


...

For the entire letter, see
http://www.brooklyncb6.org/_attachments/2012-10-09%20WF%20Update.pdf

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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