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South Asian supermarket coming to site of long-vacant East Side grocery store

"Being that there's a food desert right there, we were really marketing to try to get a grocery store," real estate broker Joseph Farrauto said.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. — A new supermarket is coming to the site of a long-vacant grocery store on Buffalo's East Side.

Co-owner Mehfuzur Rahman said the new store at 881 Broadway will cater to Buffalo's large and growing South Asian population, particularly its Bangladeshi population.

Real estate broker Joseph Farrauto, of Hunt Commercial Real Estate, said he's been working with property owner 1105 Group Property Management LLC to bring a grocery store to the site.

Read the full story from our partners at Buffalo Business First.

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