“The end of the gold rush?: Amid the desolation of the pandemic — which left many well-to-do New Yorkers cowering inside and ordering everything online — fast-delivery apps scooped up 150 to 200 retail spaces since charging into the city about 12 months ago, according to Solomon Sharaby, a broker with KSR, the real estate company that handled Jokr’s expansion in New York.

Many of the apps have secured spaces zoned for retail businesses — not warehouses — but are effectively operating warehouses anyway, according to Upper West Side councilwoman and former Manhattan borough president Gale Brewer.

“I don’t see how [dark stores] could be legal in a retail area,” Brewer told The Post. “They’re warehouses.”

She said she’s asked the city’s Department of Buildings and Department of City Planning to investigate whether delivery apps are violating zoning laws and could also introduce legislation around the issue.”

Read more: https://nypost.com/2022/02/21/fast-delivery-apps-hit-speed-bumps-from-nyc-landlords-politicians/