New York City’s Hunts Point Produce Market to Be Rebuilt (1)

New York will embark on a redevelopment of the Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx, a project aimed at modernizing an aging wholesale complex that feeds much of the city but has become increasingly strained by pollution and decades-old infrastructure.

The deal, announced by Eric Adams in one of his final acts as mayor, is backed by $405 million in city, state and federal funding. It calls for replacing the aging market with a new, all-electric food distribution center designed to shift more freight to rail and waterways.

A rendering of the proposed all-electric Hunts Point Produce Market

Source: Aurora Contractors LLC/New York City Mayor’s Office

City officials said the project would preserve thousands of existing ...