Found this on Curbed who found out about it from Amy Langfield who read about it in BKLYN Magazine, just out today.
THE LONG WAIT FOR WHOLE FOODS
BKLYN magazine reports that Whole Foods, hoping to build on the banks of the Gowanus Canal, will not begin construction until spring 2007 with hopes of opening in the fall of 2008. Kinda makes the World Trade Center rebuilding look efficient, huh?
BKLYN says a "petroleum-related substance" was found leaking in an underground tank in the industrial neighborhood. You gotta figure they’re lucky that’s all they found.
Fall 2008 is when the Gowanus Flushing Tunnel will be turned off for a year of repairs.
Now imagine not being able to flush your toliet for a whole year; would you want to eat in the kitchen next to that toliet? We’ll that’s what Whole Foods is expecting we will all do.