Rockrose Development has signed upscale grocery store Food Cellar to a 12,500-square-foot space on the ground floor of its 42-story tower Linc LIC in Long Island City, Brownstoner reported.
This marks the second neighborhood location for Food Cellar, which will also occupy part of the basement of the 709-unit building at 43-10 Crescent Street. Asking rent for the space was $40 per square foot. The store is slated to open next summer.
Rockrose plans to build 2,500 units in the Court Square section of the Queens neighborhood, including those at Linc LIC. Food Cellar, which opened in 2008, is currently based in a high-rise on 4-85 47th Road, near the waterfront. [Brownstoner] – Mark Maurer