REAL ESTATE
Forest Hills supermarket may give way to apt. tower
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
rpozarycki@qns.com / @robbpoz
A popular supermarket in Forest Hills
that’s served the community for decades
will soon be demolished to make way for
a high-rise apartment building with 170
units, it was reported on June 29.
According to Th e Real Deal, Slate
Property Group recently fi led a demolition
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permit to knock down the one-story
Key Food supermarket at the corner
of Queens and Yellowstone boulevards.
Th e site has three addresses: 69-65
Yellowstone Blvd., 105-02 Queens Blvd.
and 105-25 Gerard Pl.
In its place, the June 29 article continued,
Slate plans to erect an 11-story apartment
building encompassing 230,000
square feet. Th e ground fl oor will have
40,000 square feet of retail space.
Th e Key Food is operated by Dan’s
Supreme Supermarkets, a local chain that
the Gross and Globman families own. Th e
Real Deal reported last year that the families
partnered with Slate Property Group
to similarly redevelop a Key Food site in
Brooklyn.
But the Key Food in Forest Hills is still open
at the moment. When contacted by QNS, a
store employee said they were not aware of
the reports of the supermarket’s demolition.
According to PropertyShark, the
one-story building was built in 1966 and
is located in a commercial zoning district.
Several other tenants occupy the structure,
including a Bank of America home
loan center, a private parking garage and
a car dealership.
Key Food is the closest supermarket to
Parker Towers, a luxury apartment complex
directly across the street. It’s also two
blocks away from the 112th Precinct stationhouse,
J.H.S. 190 and the popular
Austin Street shopping strip.
Th e Real Deal reported that Slate plans
to fi le the blueprints in the next several
months, and the building is projected be
completed by 2020.
Th e Courier reached out to Slate
Property Group and is awaiting a
response.
Photo via Google Maps
The Key Food supermarket at the corner of Queens and Yellowstone boulevards in Forest Hills may
soon be demolished.
