Anti-Walmart Coalition Battling Big Box Store at Astoria Cove
Ross Barkan
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Anti-Walmart Coalition Battling Big Box Store at Astoria Cove
By Ross Barkan | 07/17/14 10:41am
Astoria Cove rendering by STUDIO V.
Astoria Cove rendering by STUDIO V.
They don’t want any bricks in the Wal.
An anti-Walmart coalition and a Queens councilman are announcing a campaign today to keep Walmart, the big box superstore, out of a proposed residential and retail development in Astoria, Queens. It’s not clear yet if Walmart, thwarted before from building in New York City because of its anti-union approach, is planning on an attempt to bring a store to the 2.2 million square foot and 1,700 unit waterfront and retail complex known as Astoria Cove.
Anti-Walmart forces, though, aren’t taking any chances.
“Workers, consumers, and local businesses in Astoria need a retail component that preserves the small-business character of our community. Astoria Cove should prioritize employers that meet the highest standards,” Councilman Costa Constantinides, the area’s representative, said in a statement to the Observer. “The retail component of Astoria Cove should help build entrepreneurship both inside the development and within the greater Astoria community.”
Read more at http://observer.com/2014/07/anti-walmart-coalition-battling-big-box-store-at-astoria-cove/#ixzz37k8hmGd1