Original Article on The New York Times

A few short weeks ago, some were bemoaning the lack of Whole Foods stores in organic-oriented Brooklyn. Now, it looks like there will be two.A 40,000-square-foot Whole Foods store is planned for Bedford Avenue in North Williamsburg, with a projected opening in mid-2014, the company confirmed in a statement on Wednesday.The company recently obtained city approval to build a store in Gowanus, not far from the Gowanus Canal Superfund site. The grocery is slated to open in mid-2013. The Williamsburg store, near North Fourth Street, is to occupy part of the ground floor and have 30,000 square feet below ground in a 150,000-square-foot building at 242 Bedford Avenue, said Jared Epstein, the vice president of Aurora Capital Associates. Aurora Capi...(read more)