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Applicant seeks rezoning at 535 Morgan Avenue to allow 20,265‑square‑foot supermarket
Summary
A private applicant asked the Brooklyn borough board to rezone a manufacturing-zoned block at 535 Morgan Avenue from M1-1 to C7-1 so an existing 20,265-square-foot Staples space can be retenanted as an Aldi supermarket; no vote was taken and no public testimony was offered at the hearing.
A developer asked the Brooklyn borough board at a June 11 public hearing to rezone a full block at 535 Morgan Avenue in East Williamsburg from an M1-1 manufacturing district to a C7-1 commercial district to allow a 20,265‑square‑foot supermarket to replace an existing Staples store.
The rezoning proposal would convert an existing one‑story retail building within a block bounded by Meeker Avenue, Morgan Avenue, Kingsland Avenue and Lombardi Street so a supermarket under the Aldi chain could occupy the former Staples space, Justin Jarbo, a Roth Group representative for the applicant, said at the hearing.
The change would remove current M1‑1 limitations that prevent retail stores larger than 10,000 square feet and would permit a supermarket tenancy in the existing 20,265‑square‑foot space, Jarbo said. “We are proposing to rezone the site from the current M1‑1…
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