Haifa Food Market to Close this Week

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• whynot_31

  August 2015

  263 Flatbush, near St. Marks
• mugofmead111

  August 2015

  Wow. That place has been there for as long as I can remember. I wonder whether this place just couldn't recover fully from the fire or whether there was another underlying cause. 
• whynot_31

  August 2015 edited August 2015

  I doubt they were selling enough vegetables and groceries to pay the $10k a month the landlord now seeks.
  
  Space Available:1,260 SF
  Rental Rate:$10,000 /Month
  Space Type: Street Retail
  Lease Type: Other
  
  http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/19287415/263-Flatbush-Ave-Brooklyn-NY/
  
  Frankly, I don't know that anyone can sell that many fruits and vegetables in that location......
• haberdonna

  August 2015

  I think the family owns the 2 buildings. The father passed last year and the brother perished in the fire after jumping from back balcony. I am sure Ahmed the last remaining sibling wants to cash in on the high Barclays rental market. A restaurant would b a good fit there, maybe a good Indian.
• vsarathy

  August 2015

  that is a little obscene, for the rental to be that high.. 
• whynot_31

  August 2015

  The restaurant would have to be very high profit, like a big corporate chain.
• bkchickie

  August 2015

  After 45 years, and two recent deaths, I wonder if the family is retiring.
  
  I also wonder if they need the additional rental income from the Haifa space to make repairs of the burned out building happen.
  
• whynot_31

  August 2015

  Rachel does not seem to know:   http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150810/prospect-heights/haifa-market-prospect-heights-closes-after-45-years-business