Interesting. I didn't realize that Columbia Development's leaders were all the same people who were once the leaders of BBL. Is BBL still in business?
Curious also that Columbia Development is the General Contractor for some of the Price Rite stores being built in the area, a competitor of Price Chopper. Curious.
VERY odd. I oft wondered about what happened to "BBL". Once, they were all about town - then they sort of faded from view and Columbia was here instead. I thought they were the same company actually - and maybe add Plank Construction in the mix too.
PriceRite, based in Wethersfield, Connecticut, is a chain of limited-assortment supermarkets throughout the U.S. states of California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. As of March 2012, there are 49 PriceRite supermarkets in the rapidly-growing chain, which opened six supermarkets in 2009, and four in 2010. New Jersey-based Wakefern Food Corporation (the cooperative that supplies ShopRite Supermarkets) created PriceRite, and owns, operates, or franchises all PriceRite stores. Similar to other limited-assortment chains Aldi or Save-A-Lot, PriceRite offers drastically fewer SKUs (stock-keeping units) than its sibling ShopRite stores. PriceRite stores operate on the same principles as its competition; however, they are a bit bigger (averaging 35,000 sq ft (3,300 m2)) and concentrate on offering a larger “fresh food” selection.
This is the PriceRite Grocery Depot in Azusa, California, near Los Angeles PriceRite also emphasizes the fact that its stores are US-owned, by incorporating the phrase "An American Company" into the PriceRite trademark. This is presumably to highlight the fact that much of PriceRite's competition is owned by non-US EU-based entities (Aldi is German-owned, Bottom Dollar Food is Belgian-owned, and Food Basics USA is operated by A&P, which is majority-owned by Germany's Tengelmann Group). Due to the generic nature of the name "PriceRite", and the unfamiliarity with the brand outside New England, Wakefern has also begun distributing PriceRite-branded merchandise, such as health-and-beauty, paper products, and foodstuffs to other retail outlets, such as dollar stores, mom-and-pop pharmacies, and corner stores, and other supermarkets such as Gristedes Operating Corp., which owns Gristedes Supermarkets in New York City. (Gristedes stores are supplied by Wakefern Food Corporation.) Due to Gristedes' partnership with amazon.com, selected PriceRite-branded products also are available for sale on amazon.com. Because of its cooperative structure, Wakefern has been very careful not to cannibalize sales of its member-owned ShopRite stores by opening PriceRite stores in overlapping trade areas—thus, most PriceRites are in New England or Pennsylvania, outside ShopRite's core regions, though locations of both sister chains can be within miles of each other. [1] Two stores in California are operated under a franchise agreement with Wakefern.[2] Contents [hide] 1 History of PriceRite Limited Assortment Stores 2 PriceRite Warehouse Clubs 3 See also 4 External links 5 References [edit]History of PriceRite Limited Assortment Stores
It was 1995 when The Wakefern Food Corporation opened its first limited-assortment concept store in West Springfield, Massachusetts. After failing to successfully enter the warehouse club concept with their PriceRite Warehouse Club (see below), Wakefern assigned the PriceRite name to its newest prototype: a limited-assortment, deep-discount supermarket meant to do battle with the no-frills operators which were successfully spreading across North America (Aldi, Food Basics, Save-a-Lot.) In the years since the first PriceRite opened, the concept has been tweaked to emphasize the size and freshness of the perishable departments in comparison to its competition. Newer stores, such as the PriceRite of Brockton, MA (at over 40,000 sq ft (4,000 m2)) are also larger than most of the earlier stores. Wakefern has also used the concept as a replacement for under-performing ShopRite stores or in regions where the PriceRite concept was thought to be more successful. As a result, underperforming ShopRite supermarkets in places such as York, Pennsylvania and Wethersfield, Connecticut have been converted to very successful PriceRite stores, keeping jobs and a supermarket in these towns. A PriceRite in Torrington, Connecticut sat as a darkened ShopRite store for almost 10 years before re-opening as a PriceRite. In 2005, one PriceRite was also opened in Azusa, California, in partnership with Kvmart Corp., which is an independent supermarket operator in southern California. The Azusa PriceRite store has been branded "PriceRite Grocery Depot". Another PriceRite has since opened in the Los Angeles suburb of Hawaiian Gardens. On March 30, 2008, the first "PriceRite Marketplace" store was opened in Providence, Rhode Island, at a former Shaw's. This store is 55,000 sq ft (5,100 m2), and features additional departments such as a full deli, seafood department, as well as a Cafe Bustelo-branded cafe in the store. Other non-standard features in the Providence PriceRite include a fresh-roasted peanut stand, and fresh mozzarella cheese made in the store. The Providence store has a large focus on ethnic items, with an entire aisle of Goya products and an aisle of Italian items including fresh pasta and specialty cheeses. These selections reflect that the store is in the Eagle Square shopping center on the western border of Federal Hill. [edit]PriceRite Warehouse Clubs
During the 1980s and early 1990s, many American supermarket chains experimented with opening their own warehouse clubs to compete with the new clubs that were invading their trade areas and stealing their business. SuperValu had Max-Club, Meijer had SourceClub, and H-E-B had its Bodega clubs. Meanwhile, Wakefern began PriceRite. Wakefern defined PriceRite as a “mini-club”, and at under 50,000 sq ft (5,000 m2)., promoted it as a convenient alternative to the massive conventional clubs. The PriceRite logo is the same as a former ShopRite logo, only instead of the graphic of a shopping carriage with circles inside, there was a flatbed cart with square boxes on it to symbolize the wholesale nature of PriceRite. (This saved costs on new sign-frames for the stores, since they all were previously a ShopRite and already had round sign-frames) PriceRite MiniClubs were opened in buildings that had previously housed ailing or outdated ShopRite stores and had been simply retrofitted with warehouse-type shelving. Thus, they lacked size, and didn't have enough of a following to attract shoppers away from the true warehouse competition (BJ's Wholesale Club, Pace Warehouse Club, and Price Club), which won over the New York and Philadelphia metropolitan areas. Wakefern members operated PriceRite mini-clubs, including those in Rockaway Township and Toms River, New Jersey. The last PriceRite club closed in 1994.[3]
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Interesting. I didn't realize that Columbia Development's leaders were all the same people who were once the leaders of BBL. Is BBL still in business?
Curious also that Columbia Development is the General Contractor for some of the Price Rite stores being built in the area, a competitor of Price Chopper. Curious.
Not really Rusty. Somewhat analytical, always a careful observer and not willing to jump to conclusions without careful consideration of the facts at hand.
Age and life experience have given me an awesome window to the world. I'm sure you too as an age challenged veteran would agree.
For whatever it's worth, BBL and Shop-Rite both sponsor a race car driver, it's the "car" that hangs in the taxpayer subsidized gin mill at Altamont Ave and Curry Rd.
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
For whatever it's worth, BBL and Shop-Rite both sponsor a race car driver, it's the "car" that hangs in the taxpayer subsidized gin mill at Altamont Ave and Curry Rd.
Mikechristine1, interesting. Who might that race car driver be? A NASCAR personality? A driver on the local ovals?
Mikechristine1, interesting. Who might that race car driver be? A NASCAR personality? A driver on the local ovals?
The driver is named Matt Delorenzo. He races at Albany Saratoga Speedway and Fonda Speedway.
BBL has moved on to some very large projects and are actively constructing a professional building in Malta, NY, where property taxes are the 4th lowest in the state.
I also see the name of BBL at various medical facilities, listed as the property managers on the front doors.
Columbia is the developer, BBL is the contractor hired by Columbia.
They are seeking a 3.5 million dollar tax reduction on the 19.5 million dollar Malta Urgent Care project, which will be a joint venture with Healthcare Partners of Saratoga Ltd, and they will also be affiliated with Saratoga Hospital and Albany Medical Center.
ROTTERDAM Curry Road project on track Dilapidated center to be razed, rebuilt BY JUSTIN MASON Gazette Reporter
Forum Industries is once again back in the picture for the decades-long effort to breathe new life into Rotterdam’s dilapidated Curry Road Shopping Center. The Clifton Park-based Forum appears to be developer of choice for the town, after Columbia Development abruptly pulled its $1.23 million mixed-use proposal this week. Forum has proposed paying the town $375,000 for the vacant 12-acre site so that the long-dormant plaza can be demolished and redeveloped into a mix of commercial buildings and 180 units of affordable senior housing. Andrew Sciocchetti, Forum’s president, said the $20 million project he envisions will fi ll a growing demand for senior housing in Rotterdam. “There’s a market for it,” he said after pitching the proposal during Wednesday’s Town Board meeting. “Our initial market studies shows there’s a need for at least 180 units.” Board members did not approve Forum’s bid Wednesday, even though the county issued a news release suggesting otherwise. Town Supervisor Harry Buffardi said the board will likely act during its next meeting in two weeks. If approved as expected, the company would purchase the property and begin demolition as soon as approvals could be secured. Construction would begin on a one-story, 2,500-squarefoot retail building with frontage on Curry Road that would be leased to Trustco Bank, the only business still operating in the site. Sciocchetti said another 4,000-square-foot retail building would be constructed adjacent to Trustco. He envisions a professional offi ce there. The senior housing complex — two, threestory buildings with roughly 120,000 square feet — would be located behind the retail component of the project. Sciocchetti said an additional 2.5 acres would be kept as green space and could include nature trails — a stark contrast to the acres of pavement now on the site. Forum is being joined in the project by Whitney Capital Company LLC, a business that has developed more than 5,000 multi-family housing units across the country. The Nassau County firm’s management affi liate, Whitney Manage- ment Corp, oversees a senior housing community in Saratoga Springs. “Our firm is excited about working with Forum Industries, the town of Rotterdam and Schenectady County to bring new life to this site while also addressing the local need for senior rental housing,” Managing Director Tom Granville said in a statement released before the meeting Wednesday. LONG HISTORY Forum’s plan very closely matches one it submitted to the town in 2009, when the company was given so-called preferred developers status. But several changes in the administration at Town Hall, a lengthy environmental study of the site and the dissolution of the Rotterdam Industrial Development Agency left the plan in limbo for nearly four years. The Buffardi administration picked up the issue this summer, when the redevelopment of the shopping center was put out to bid. Columbia, a company that previously pulled a plan to redevelop the site, offered the town the most lucrative deal among the bids submitted. Town officials seemed eager to accept the bid in August. But Columbia failed to close on several ancillary property deals it needed, forcing the company to ultimately scrap its idea for the property. “They could not put the parcels together they needed for the project,” said Ray Gillen, the chairman of the county’s Metroplex Development Authority. Town Board member Robert Godlewski questioned why the project wasn’t being put out to bid again, considering the town received other proposals that were more lucrative. Those proposals, however, were disqualifi ed because they were either submitted late or to the wrong entity. Paragon Prime Funding proposed purchasing the property for $1 million, but sent its bid to Metroplex.................................>>>>..............................>>>>.............................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r01300&AppName=1
How inept can they be???? FIRST: Bids are to be done as binding and irrevocable. No bid should be submitted or accepted based on contingencies. If bidding oprocess is not done this way, then someone needs to get educated and fix it. Had it been done right, COLUMBIA would have been legall y bound by their bid, or through forfeiture have to pay a penality equal to the difference between their bid and the next highest...obviously no one structured this right. SECOND: Knowing they had other bids that were higher than FORUM's, they SHOULD have rebid the project. Those bids were not submitted properly or through misunderstanding submitted to wrong entitiy. Regardless, the TOWN and DEATH RAY had an obligation to get the MAXIMUM they could for the property and they failed, BIG TIME!!!
If they don't know what they are doing, then consult with someone that does. They just hurt the taxpayers again! What a bunch of incompetent dolts!!!!
JUST BECAUSE SISSY SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO...BUT HE THINKS IT DOES!!!!! JUST BECAUSE MC1 SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO!!!!!
Isn't this the same project that Tommasone had all set up and even had a sign out in front of the place announcing 3 years ago? Then when the democraps took over they promptly cancelled so the repubs would not be able to get credit for???? I am sure of it. Now it is "their baby"!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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So you are saying that tommasone had a signed and accepted bid? What happened to it?
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"Forum’s plan very closely matches one it submitted to the town in 2009, when the company was given so-called preferred developers status. But several changes in the administration at Town Hall, a lengthy environmental study of the site and the dissolution of the Rotterdam Industrial Development Agency left the plan in limbo for nearly four years."
JUST BECAUSE SISSY SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO...BUT HE THINKS IT DOES!!!!! JUST BECAUSE MC1 SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO!!!!!
It looks like progress will finally be made to clean up this long neglected eyesore. This is one more example of the steady progress being made in our community and further proof of the RENAISSANCE taking place in Schenectady County.
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