The project, as proposed, would be substantially bigger than the Midtown Global Market in Minneapolis, a 58,000-square-foot marketplace. The developer would have to work out a separate agreement in order to purchase that site. The city does not own the neighboring strip mall. The agreement would give the company exclusive negotiating rights for one year to work out financing to purchase the Target site, which the city owns. The Brooklyn Center City Council recently approved a preliminary development agreement with Sanigular’s company. “What it might look like six months from now may not exactly be the mix of uses that we’re looking at today.” “They’re testing out a lot of different things to see what’s going to work on the site,” said McMahan.
McMahan emphasized the proposal is very preliminary. “We kind of describe it as Midtown Global Market meets Costco, where it would provide opportunities for food from all over the world, but also really a destination in that it would provide a bulk opportunity as well,” explained Meg McMahan, Brooklyn Center’s community development director.Īccording to city officials, Sanigular is also interested in purchasing a neighboring strip mall that could be turned into housing, a health clinic and an African brewery. The main portion of the project would convert the former Brooklyn Center Target store into a 110,000-square-foot ethnic food market and grocery store. The ambitious new project is led by James Sanigular, owner of International Food Corporation, which supplies global foods to retailers like Cub and Hy-Vee. A concept plan for an international food village aims to make Brooklyn Center a destination for global food.
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