What's in Store for Brooklyn Retail‪?‬

Byline: Melissa Dehncke-McGill While brokers boast that Brooklyn would be one of the largest stand-alone cities in the country, convincing retailers to open stores there is not an easy feat. Though the borough is in the midst of a retail makeover (look no further than furniture giant Ikea coming to Red Hook for evidence of that) and Target is rumored to be expanding there, real estate insiders say wooing the big national chains that are used to paying Middle America rents is still hard work.