Battery Place Market opens 4,600 s/f store at Albanese Organization's Visionaire; Pursuing LEED Gold

Battery Place Market, a 4,600 s/f gourmet grocery pursing LEED-Gold certification, has opened for business at the ground level retail space of The Visionaire, a Platinum, LEED-certified condominium developed by The Albanese Organization, Inc. (AOI). The new market is located at 70 Little West St. and is one of the first in the city to pursue LEED certification and to be housed in a LEED-Platinum building. "With their wealth of experience with gourmet groceries in New York City and beyond, including the proven success of Marché Madison, we are thrilled to welcome the market's founders, Sung Kim and Edmund Choi to Battery Park City," said Russell Albanese, president of AOI. "The addition of the market to the neighborhood is another key step towards creating a downtown community full of healthy and wholesome options." The market will follow The Visionaire's central theme of healthy and high-quality living and will be dedicated to selling locally-sourced natural goods and carefully selected specialty foods including: * Fresh produce sourced from New York and New Jersey farms. * Dry goods and hand-made groceries from near and far. * Cheese selections overseen by two veteran cheesemongers, Ken Jackson and Jim Yonkus. * Charcuterie selections including North Country Bacon and Hams from New Hampshire and Fermin Serrano and Iberico Hams from Spain. * Daily baked breads from New York City bakeries such as Sullivan Street, Orwasher and Eli Zabar. * Coffee roasted to order from Stumptown Coffee Roasters of Brooklyn. * Mitchell London cupcakes and pastries. "Battery Place Market constitutes what is now considered gourmet, which comprises local, sustainable and natural foods as well as traditional high-end specialty foods," said Sung Kim, founder and co-owner of the market. "We were looking to strike a balance between sustainable and appetizing foods, which is more possible now than it has ever been." For more information on The Visionaire, please visit www.thevisionaire.com.