The Market Report

Wegmans Opening: TBA Owner:  Wegman family Previous Tenants:  Bed Bath & Beyond Cooperative:  none Location:  1932 Broadway, Lincoln Square, Manhattan, NY Photographed:  September 11, 2024 Wegmans made waves when the upstate-favorite chain opened their first New York City location back in 2019 , followed by a Manhattan location in a former Kmart at Astor Place last year. Now, Wegmans is on track to bring a third location to the city on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. At 58,000 square feet , it'll be one of the smaller Wegmans but one of the largest supermarkets in Manhattan. It's a former Bed Bath & Beyond in a very high-profile location -- directly across the street from Lincoln Center . Signage has appeared in the windows of the street-level floor, although I'm not positive exactly where the entrance and exit will be. The door seen here appears to be the door to the residential floors above, not the ground floor commercial space. There's no project...

Morton Williams Fresh Marketplace Owner: Morton Sloan Opened:  January 26, 2024 Previous Tenants:  non-grocery tenants Cooperative:  Allegiance Retail Services Location:  2015 Broadway, Manhattan, NY Photographed:  January 26, 2024 Welcome to the newest Morton Williams! This store opened just this morning on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, on Broadway between 68th and 69th Streets. It’s the latest opening for Allegiance, which has also recently opened a store in Bloomingdale, NJ , and two Foodtowns in Brooklyn — more on those soon. In advance, please forgive any formatting issues on this post, as I’m actually writing it on my phone from a Starbucks a few blocks away. I’m hoping to update this post tonight or tomorrow with progress photos from the construction and fix any formatting issues. But for now, our tour! Although I’m not sure, I’d estimate that the store is around 12,000 square feet. It’s an unusual layout, as with many Morton Williams, given the cram...

Interrupting our Bronx tour for a quick look at a store that appears to have just opened. Morton Williams at 15 West End Ave, Manhattan, NY opened at the beginning of the month after being under construction for a long time. At over 20,000 square feet, the store is actually one of the larger supermarkets in the area, and possibly one of the larger stores in all of Manhattan. An anonymous contributor to The Market Report brings us this picture of the store just before it opened. It's located about two blocks south of an existing Western Beef supermarket (which I've visited but unfortunately not photographed). Clearly the two are going for very different target markets, as Western Beef focuses on cheap and fresh perishables, while Morton Williams is a more upscale positioning. I am personally not a fan of Morton Williams, and I love the quirkiness of Western Beef. But I definitely see how both stores can coexist so close together. Tomorrow we have another new Bronx post! A...