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Another Business Priced Out Of Burg
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Jen Carlson
Published Dec 6, 2010
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Doesn't it seem like just yesterday that businesses were moving to Williamsburg after rents in Manhattan got too high? Well, now Williamsburg proprietors are being priced out of the Brooklyn neighborhood; according to the Brooklyn Paper, Mike Al-Humaidi was forced to shut down his Deli Mart on Bedford and North 7th after 25 years in business. The problem? The building owner claims Al-Humaidi was evicted after not paying rent for the past two months, but other sources claim the landlord wanted a $25,000/month lease, when earlier this year it was just $12,000. Anyway, that spot looks ideal for a Duane Reade—after all, that other one is a long three blocks away.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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