{"id":314515,"date":"2026-08-05T18:42:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T18:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/314515\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T18:42:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T18:42:49","slug":"japanese-lifestyle-store-muji-local-bakery-winner-and-more-to-open-in-downtown-brooklyn-brooklyn-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/314515\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese lifestyle store MUJI, local bakery Winner and more to open in Downtown Brooklyn \u2022 Brooklyn Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"

Downtown Brooklyn is set to welcome a trio of new retail tenants as the Alloy Block continues to build out its ground-floor commercial offerings along Flatbush Avenue. <\/p>\n

Japanese lifestyle retailer MUJI, local bakery and cafe Winner, and sports collectibles retailer CardVault by Tom Brady will soon open at Alloy, occupying more than 13,000 combined square feet. Developer Alloy Development expects the remaining retail space to be leased and filled later this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jared Della Valle, founder and CEO of Alloy Development, said the company was \u201cproud to welcome\u201d the spaces to the neighborhood.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThe retail space at the Alloy Block is a dynamic new presence on bustling Flatbush Avenue, bringing a global brand, a local bakery and a unique sports-collectibles experience to Downtown Brooklyn,\u201d he said. \u201c[We\u2019re] creating a new shopping and dining destination that reflects the area\u2019s energy, creativity and diversity.\u201d<\/p>\n

MUJI<\/a> will occupy approximately 10,000 square feet, creating the company\u2019s second Brooklyn location. The Japanese retailer is known for its minimalist home goods, apparel, personal care items and everyday products, with an emphasis on functional design and reducing waste. The new store is expected to open in early 2027. <\/p>\n

Park Slope-based Winner<\/a> will also expand its Brooklyn footprint with a new 2,726-square-foot caf\u00e9 and bakery at the development. The business, led by Michelin-starred chef and restaurateur Daniel Eddy, is known for its sourdough bread, French-inspired pastries, sandwiches and specialty coffee. The Downtown Brooklyn location will serve as the company\u2019s second flagship store and is slated to open this fall under a 10-year lease.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, CardVault by Tom Brady<\/a> has already begun serving customers after opening its 973-square-foot store at 80 Flatbush Ave. in March. The shop marks the retailer\u2019s second New York City location and first in Brooklyn, offering sports cards, memorabilia and trading card games, along with services that allow collectors to buy, sell, trade and grade their collections. The business also signed a 10-year lease.<\/p>\n

\"\"CardVault by Tom Brady\u2019s Brooklyn retail location opened in March 2026.Photo courtesy of Card Vault by Tom Brady<\/p>\n

The Alloy Block spans 505 State St. and One Third Ave. and is being developed in two phases. The project includes residential, office, retail and community spaces. <\/p>\n

Its first phase, 505 State St., is New York City\u2019s first all-electric skyscraper and operates entirely on renewable energy from local community solar sources. Construction is also underway on One Third Ave., which Alloy says will become the tallest Passive House building in the world at 730 feet.<\/p>\n

When completed, the Alloy Block is expected to include more than 1,000 apartments \u2014 about 200 of them permanently affordable \u2014 along with 60,000 square feet of office space, 30,000 square feet of retail space and two Passive House public schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Downtown Brooklyn is set to welcome a trio of new retail tenants as the Alloy Block continues to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[118740,118212,38825,98,39790,37291,100,99,28229,35525,31236,18820,288,66175,118213,3076,32453,7833,63532,9,24,12,370,63,118741,5943,106151,16528],"class_list":["post-314515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-505-state-street","tag-alloy-block","tag-alloy-development","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-business","tag-brooklyn-development","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-brooklyn-real-estate","tag-brooklyn-restaurants","tag-brooklyn-retail","tag-brooklyn-shopping","tag-business","tag-cardvault-by-tom-brady","tag-daniel-eddy","tag-downtown-brooklyn","tag-flatbush-avenue","tag-jared-della-valle","tag-muji","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-newsletter","tag-nyc","tag-one-third-avenue","tag-retail","tag-sustainable-development","tag-winner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}