Farmingdale, NY According to Kimco Realty Corp., Stew Leonard’s has opened a new location. The new store will be located in the Kimco Airport Plaza shopping center, across from the existing Stew Leonard’s Wines of Farmingdale store, as part of a site redevelopment which adds a dominant grocer to the power center mix.
The new location will now be home to their fifth store and first grocery store location on Long Island. The new 60,000 s/f store is expected to provide up to 400 jobs, many of them full-time. “We are thrilled that Stew Leonard’s will be a part of the Farmingdale, Long Island community. We know we’ll be welcomed with open arms by all of our friends in Farmingdale and throughout Suffolk County,†said Stew Leonard, Jr., the company’s president and CEO.
“Kimco looks forward to welcoming Stew Leonard’s to its Airport Plaza shopping center as their first location on Long Island. This highly-regarded, one-of-a-kind grocer will provide a steady consumer draw to the site while enhancing the economic prosperity of Farmingdale and the surrounding communities. They will be a wonderful addition to the shopping center and we wish them much success,†said David Jamieson, Kimco’s executive vice president of asset management and operations.
Josh Weinkranz, president - northeast region, and Thomas Pira of Kimco arranged the lease in-house.