What’s New
Trader Joe’s
to open location in
Long Island City
BY BILL PARRY
Long Island City, known as
one of the fastest growing
neighborhoods in the country,
has been waiting for retail
to catch up with unprecedented
residential development.
That’s about to change now
that Trader Joe’s is coming to the
neighborhood, according to an LIC
Post report, based on information from
a “number of well-placed real estate
brokers.”
The California-based chain with
500 stores across the country is
planning to open in the Prime Building
across the street from MoMA PS1 at
22-43 Jackson Ave. The 11-story, 70-
unit condominium, developed by Circle
F Capital, is scheduled to open in 2020.
The Trader Joe’s store would be
the chain’s second in Queens after
they opened in Rego Park.
The new supermarket will join
and compete against two Foodcellar
Market locations in Hunters Point and
Court Square, the Urban Market on
2nd Street and the Key Food store
on 44th Drive.
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Courtesy of SRA Architecture + Engineering
Trader Joe’s will open its second Queens location with a store on the ground floor of the Prime Building in Jackson
Avenue in Long Island City.
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