Whole Foods to finally open in Gowanus

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Well, guys. Whole Foods did it. After the organic market spent eight whole years hovering its ass over Gowanus -- a process that FiPS reader Thomas just yesterday called "completely exhausting," The Board of Standards and Appeals has unanimously voted to grant them permission to build a 56,000 square foot store on 3rd Ave and 3rd Street. 

A Whole Foods rep told Brownstoner, who originally reported the outcome of yesterday's vote, that they're looking to get shovels in the ground "as soon as possible." After nearly a decade of will-they-won't-they, I'm sure Whole Foods is itching to start building, though surely the decision will not come without drama. Local residents have voiced their concerns about how the construction of Whole Foods will interfere with the Gowanus Canal’s Superfund clean-up and cause a heavy increase in traffic. 

I'm just glad that we can stop writing about IF Whole Foods is even going to happen, and instead WHEN an employee does something stupid, like lock fellow shiftmates inside so he can go home for an hour to catch an episode of Castle.