Brooklyn to Receive Filene’s Basement/Syms

Filene’s Basement/Syms is set to open its first store in Brooklyn in 2012, New York Post reports. The clothing discount store that merged when Syms bought Filene’s Basement from bankruptcy in 2009 is to open at 490 Fulton St. at the Fulton Mall building. The store will occupy 40,000 square feet of space. Long Island University acquired 130,000 square feet above the proposed Filene’s/Syms earlier this year and is being converted to dormitories.