Is Costco looking to "make a brand new start of it in old New York"?
A developer on the Upper West Side is reportedly in talks with Costco to open the chain's first warehouse club between 59th and 61st streets in Manhattan.
CBS 2 HD found New Yorkers were generally positive about the prospects of Costco opening in the area known as Riverside South.
"It could be good," said one woman interviewed by the local CBS television affiliate. "Could drive a lot of business to this neighborhood."
Not everyone, however, saw a Costco warehouse club as positive.
"This is not a good location for Costco," said NYC Councilwoman Gale Brewer. "The traffic is always so intensive and this would [exacerbate] the traffic situation ... because you need a car to take home all that toilet paper."
Costco, which operates a club in Long Island City (Queens), has been generally well received in New York.
"It's good to have it here," one resident told CBS 2 HD. "It helps out a lot of people here."
Discussion Questions: How likely do you think it is that Costco will open a club in Manhattan? What changes, if any, would the club have to make to operate successfully in Manhattan?