DeBragga & Spitler To Leave For N.J.

More meat is going packing from the Meatpacking District.

DeBragga & Spitler, said to be the largest meat purveyor left in the area, is heading to Jersey City, following the path of hundreds of companies and slaughterhouses that have left the neighborhood that still bears their name. The company closed on a vacant warehouse Friday and will begin construction of the $2.5 million project immediately, with the goal of moving in by October.

The Meatpacking District has transformed into a hub of nightlife and retail over the past decade. With DeBragga's departure, only seven meat companies are left in Gansevoort Market, the cooperative they were a part of.

DeBragga, which supplies meat to many of the city's top-flight restaurants, moved to the district in the late 1940's.

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