Bronx Terminal Market

Bronx Terminal Market is just south of Yankee Stadium under the Major Deegan Expressway, on a wide road named Exterior Street. As early as 1914, Cyrus C. Miller, the former Bronx Borough President, had advocated the creation of a terminal market in New York City.{{Cite news|date=1914-10-18|title=Terminal Markets Help Farm Values; Cyrus C. Miller Tells Realty Men How Producer and Consumer Will Be Benefited|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1914/10/18/archives/terminal-markets-help-farm-values-cyrus-c-miller-tells-realty-men.html|access-date=2020-12-13|issn=0362-4331}} Construction on the market started, but not completed until Fiorello La Guardia took office as mayor. During his tenure, he enacted a program constructing various markets to provide a home for the city's numerous pushcart vendors. Between October 1, 1934, and May 1, 1935, the city built a new complex just south of the existing unfinished structure. Bronx Terminal Market consisted of small two-story concrete buildings of simple design. Designed by Samuel A. Oxhandler with John D. Churchill and Albert W. Lewis, the buildings were originally painted light yellow. In 1936, the market's flagship structure went up, a small, cubist-style polygon at 149th Street with "Bronx Terminal Market" in large relief in the concrete. This building was designed to serve as a bank and, upstairs, a hotel for farmers. A car float brought in rail cars by barge to the market.{{Cite news|last=Gray|first=Christopher|date=May 8, 1994|title=Streetscapes/Bronx Terminal Market; Trying to Duplicate the Little Flower's Success|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/08/realestate/streetscapes-bronx-terminal-market-trying-duplicate-little-flower-s-success.html|access-date=August 2, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}

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On December 21, 1935, La Guardia appeared at the market to proclaim a citywide ban on the sale, display, and possession of artichokes. The ban was instituted to combat the inflation of artichokes set by mobsters, namely Ciro Terranova. The ban was lifted within a year.{{Cite news|date=December 22, 1935|title=Mayor Puts a Ban on Artichoke Sale to Curb Rackets; With Trumpet Fanfare at Dawn in Bronx He Proclaims an Emergency in City Markets.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1935/12/22/archives/mayor-puts-a-ban-on-artichoke-sale-to-curb-rackets-with-trumpet.html|access-date=August 2, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}{{cite web |first=Mary Beth |last=Kilkelly |title=Behold the Baby Artichoke, or, Power to the Punies |date=June 8, 2017 |website=NYC Dept of Records |url=https://www.archives.nyc/blog/2017/6/8/behold-the-baby-artichoke-or-power-to-the-punies}}

The market eventually grew to become the nation's largest wholesale market for Hispanic foods. The market went into steady decline and became a financial burden for the City in the late 1960s. When City began demolishing the market, however, Bronx Terminal Market Merchants Association approached developer David Buntzman for help to save it. Buntzman obtained a 99-year lease to the market in 1972 and operated it until 2004. In the market's heyday, it contained nearly 100 tenants and more than 1,000 employees. After a series of protracted legal battles with the City, Buntzman sold his interest to the Related Companies for $42.5 million in 2004.{{cite web |url=http://www.plannyc.org/taxonomy/term/686 |title=Gateway Center at Bronx Terminal Market |work=Plan NYC |date=September 29, 2009 |access-date=July 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929125420/http://www.plannyc.org/taxonomy/term/686 |archive-date=September 29, 2011 }}

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The nearby 350-cell Bronx County Jail, designed by Joseph Freedlander was built as a Works Progress Administration project and opened in 1937. Later known as the Bronx House of Detention, it was known for its elaborate art deco architectural details. It closed in 2000 and was later acquired by the Related Companies, who demolished it to make way for the new Bronx Terminal Market; some architectural details of the building were saved.{{Cite news|last=Bleyer|first=Jennifer|date=January 28, 2007|title=A Jail Break, but Not to Fear|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/nyregion/thecity/28jail.html|access-date=August 2, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}

On August 14, 2006, construction began on Bronx Terminal Market, then known as Gateway Center at Bronx Terminal Market, which demolished all buildings on the acquired properties with the exception of the Prow Building, a {{convert|20,500|sqft|m2|adj=on}} building at the corner of East 149th Street, Exterior Street, and River Avenue. The center was approved after a Community Benefits Agreement was signed. The Home Depot was the first tenant/anchor to move in on April 23, 2009, the second tenant (and anchor) was BJ's which opened on August 1, and then the rest of the mall opened on September 12. The original tenants at the mall included several restaurants, a Chase bank, many stores taking up the third floor, and more anchor stores including Bed Bath & Beyond (its first and only store in the Bronx), Best Buy, BJ's, Marshalls, Raymour & Flanigan, Toys "R" Us (the first "R" Superstore in New York), Staples, and Target.

In September 2012, Staples announced that it would close 30 stores in the United States, including the Bronx Terminal Market location. It closed a year later.{{Cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2012/09/25/news/companies/staples-store-closings/index.html|title=Staples to close 30 stores|last=Smith|first=Aaron|date=September 25, 2012|website=CNNMoney|access-date=April 20, 2020}} A StubHub location, at the Bronx Terminal Market, opened in July 2013 following a lawsuit that prevented them from opening a location near the Yankee Stadium due to the state's anti-scalping law.{{Cite web|last=Wall|first=Patrick|date=July 31, 2013|title=Yankees Could Take Over StubHub Site Near the Stadium|url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130731/concourse/yankees-could-take-over-stubhub-site-near-stadium|website=DNAinfo New York|access-date=April 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118033702/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130731/concourse/yankees-could-take-over-stubhub-site-near-stadium/|archive-date=November 18, 2017|url-status=live}}

Toys "R" Us closed as a part of the chain's liquidation in June 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.insideedition.com/toys-r-us-posts-touching-final-message-last-day-business-play-44627|title=Toys R Us Posts Touching Final Message on Last Day of Business: 'Play On!'|date=June 29, 2018|website=Inside Edition|language=en-US|access-date=April 20, 2020}} In October 2018, it was announced that Food Bazaar was moving into the former Toys "R" Us at the Bronx Terminal Market. It was originally scheduled to open in Spring 2019,{{Cite web|date=October 18, 2018|url=http://bronx.news12.com/story/39315989/food-bazaar-expected-to-open-at-bronx-terminal-market-in-2019|title=Food Bazaar expected to open at Bronx Terminal Market in 2019|website=bronx.news12.com|language=en|access-date=April 21, 2020}} but instead opened in January 2020. It is the largest supermarket in the Bronx.{{Cite web|last=Yensi|first=Amy|date=February 7, 2020|url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2020/02/07/mott-haven-food-bazaar-supermarket|title=The Largest Supermarket in the Bronx is Now Open|website=www.ny1.com|language=en|access-date=April 20, 2020}} In December 2019, a new universal hip hop museum, the Revolution of Hip Hop, opened at the Bronx Terminal Market.{{Cite web|date=December 3, 2019|url=http://bronx.news12.com/story/41398750/team-behind-universal-hip-hop-museum-opens-exhibit-at-bronx-terminal-market|title=Team behind Universal Hip Hop Museum opens exhibit at Bronx Terminal Market|website=bronx.news12.com|language=en|access-date=April 21, 2020}} In January 2020, it was announced that Bed Bath & Beyond at the Bronx Terminal Market would be closing at the end of March 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/bed-bath-beyond-closing-stores-list-2020-1|title=Bed Bath & Beyond is closing stores in at least 8 states. See if your local store is on the list.|last=Peterson|first=Hayley|date=January 16, 2020|website=Business Insider|access-date=January 20, 2020}} The Related Companies refinanced the mall for $380 million in 2024.{{cite web |date=August 21, 2024 |title=Related bags $380M Bronx Terminal Market refi |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2024/08/21/related-bags-refi-at-bronx-terminal-market/ |access-date=August 23, 2024 |website=The Real Deal}}{{cite web |last=Cunningham |first=Cathy |date=August 20, 2024 |title=Related Companies Lands $380M CMBS Refi for Bronx Terminal Market |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2024/08/related-companies-bronx-deutsche-bofa-wells-starwood-cpp-newmark/ |access-date=August 23, 2024 |website=Commercial Observer}}

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• Target ({{cvt|190,000|sqft}})
• Burlington ({{Cvt|74,329|sqft|m2|abbr=}})
• The Home Depot ({{cvt|131,000|sqft}})
• [https://www.facebook.com/dollardiscountparty/ Dollar Discount] ({{cvt|16,000|sqft}})

• Lidl ({{Cvt|40,000|sqft|m2|abbr=}})
• BJ's Wholesale Club ({{cvt|135,000|sqft}})
• Food Bazaar ({{cvt|77,000|sqft}})
• Raymour & Flanigan ({{cvt|50,000|sqft}})
• Vacant space ({{cvt|40,000|sqft}})
• Best Buy ({{cvt|55,000|sqft}})

• Staples ({{Cvt|16,000|sqft||abbr=}}), closed in 2013. Replaced by Dollar Discount in June 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/BronxTerminalMarket/posts/1144782125548378|title=Bronx Terminal Market|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=April 20, 2020}}
• Rainbow ({{Cvt|74,329|sqft|m2|abbr=}}, closed and replaced by Burlington in 2012.{{Cite web|date=August 8, 2011|title=Burlington Coat Factory to open 74,000 s/f store at Related Cos. Gateway Center at Bronx Terminal Market|url=https://nyrej.com/burlington-coat-factory-to-open-74-000-s-f-store-at-related-cos-gateway-center-at-bronx-terminal-market|website=New York Real Estate Journal |language=en|access-date=May 1, 2020}}

• Bed Bath & Beyond ({{cvt|40,000|sqft}}), closed in March 2020.
• Toys "R" Us ({{Cvt|77,000|sqft||abbr=}}), closed in June 2018. Replaced by Food Bazaar in January 2020.

Bronx Terminal Market is close to the New York City Subway's 149th Street–Grand Concourse station, served by the {{NYCS trains|149th-Grand Concourse}}, and to the 161st Street–Yankee Stadium station, served by the {{NYCS trains|Yankee Stadium}}. The 145th Street station, served by the {{NYCS trains|Lenox north}}, is located in Manhattan just across the Harlem River.{{NYCS const|map}} It is very close to the Metro-North Railroad's Yankees–East 153rd Street station, served by the Hudson Line. The {{NYC bus link|Bx1|Bx2|Bx6|Bx6 SBS|Bx13|Bx19|prose=y}} buses also stop nearby.{{cite NYC bus map|Bx}} The center is also accessible by car via exits 4, 5, and 6 on the Major Deegan Expressway.

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