Brooklyn Navy Yard taps Wegmans supermarket for Admirals Row redevelopment
At last — a supermarket for the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
After two other developers were selected, then rejected, the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corp. announced Wednesday that upstate Wegmans will bring the long-awaited grocery store to the waterfront industrial park.
According to a spokesman for the Navy Yard, redevelopment plans for Admirals Row will bring a long-anticipated supermarket, new manufacturing space and a brand new community facility to the site.
Wegmans Food Markets Inc., the country’s highest-ranking retail employer and supermarket operator, will anchor the $140 million redevelopment of Admirals Row led by Steiner NYC, the developer of Steiner Studios. Steiner was designated for the site by the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corp. (BNYDC), delivering on a promise made to the surrounding community to provide access to quality food and jobs.