Posted October 30, 201311 yr I couldn't find a topic specifically about Brooklyn Centre. My apologies if one exists and I missed it. Just as I feared, the opening of the Steelyard Commons Aldi on November 20 is leading to the closure of the one Pearl Rd. in Brooklyn Centre: http://www.oldbrooklyn.com/OBN/13OctOBN.pdf A couple of quotes from the article- ALDI’s also told Councilman Cummins that they did not intend to close the Brooklyn Centre store last fall. They decided to close it when they received an offer to purchase the property from a developer several months ago. [yeah, right] Tony Brancatelli: I suspect this is a done deal and residents most likely will see a dollar type store at that location. We generally do not see someone buy these types of buildings without having a tenant. Ed Garber To get to Steelyard Commons by bus takes two buses each way and the total trip will take approximately three hours by the time you wait for the buses and complete shopping. I think this is a really big blow to a quite charming and fairly stable (if somewhat unknown) neighborhood. The strip center just north of Aldi on the other side of Pearl is certainly no retail paradise. I would love someone like Dave's to come in with another grocery, but the point raised in the article about a possible no compete clause is valid, and in any case, Dave's Ohio City store is only 2.5 miles away from this location.
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