clock menu more-arrow no yes mobile

Filed under:

Whole Foods Construction Update: Gowanus Edition

Man, if we had done that Whole Foods Pool for the WF site in Gowanus, somebody would be getting really rich, or poor, or something, right now. Seems they're having trouble getting rid of the toxic sludge onsite, which is totally not gelling with the whole organic thing. “They found a few things they didn’t expect and now they have to eliminate the contaminants,” Javier Peres, a state engineer, told The Brooklyn Paper. The initial construction has been pushed back to at least March. Anybody wanna bet on that?
· Gas tanks slow down work at WF construction site [BK Papers via ABL]
· Lower East Side Whole Foods Betting Pool [Curbed]
· Rumblings & Bumblings Responses: Whole Foods for UES? [Curbed]
· Pippin Not To Be Choked Out By Slope's Whole Foods [Curbed]