500 WEST 23rd STREET GETTING A CVS

Posted by Leonard Steinberg on May 9th, 2012 CVS is coming to the corner of Tenth Avenue and 23rd Street in the new Sam Zell rental building. This ends rumors that a Citarella was coming. While a CVS is certainly not a Citarella, I do think its addition to the neighborhood is extremely useful: Right… [Read More]

FORAGERS CITY GROCER COMES TO WEST CHELSEA

Posted by Leonard Steinberg on March 19th, 2012 Foragers City Grocer has opened in West Chelsea!  And what a great addition to the area it is, certainly a welcome respite from the vulgar Gristede’s on Ninth Avenue and the rather generic Whole Foods on Seventh Avenue. It’s a high-quality market, somewhat similar to a Citarella… [Read More]

CITARELLA COMING TO WEST CHELSEA?

Posted on August 21st, 2011 The new EQUITY/Sam Zell rental building at 500 West 23rd Street may be bringing a worthy counter-balance to its rather mundane architecture to the West Chelsea neighborhood: rumor on the street is the ‘ultimate gourmet market’ Citarella may be the new street level retail tenant. With 5 locations currently in Manhattan and… [Read More]