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Park Slope Courier excerpt:

{With a lot of these retailers, no one wants to be the first one in,” she explained. “If one decides to be adventurous and take a lease, then it’s easy to co-locate” other similarly targeted emporiums, she said. “When you have a trend-setter, within six months to a year, you have others willing to take the plunge. But, you need a few pioneers or a sexy development.”

So, if Trader Joe’s is really looking at Brooklyn, where are they likely to set up shop? Bartolomeo said, “I don’t think they’d go outside downtown Brooklyn or Park Slope.

“They like to be near the subway,” she added, to cater to working people who pick up prepared foods on their way home from the office. }