For years, the popular Korean grocery chain HMart has been expected to open at the base of the 111 Hudson St. condominium in Tribeca.
Instead, the storefront remains dark — and, as HMart alleges in court documents, a condo board-related nightmare is standing in the way of it actually opening for business.
After selling the retail space to HMart’s development entity in 2022 for roughly $8 million, the condo board allegedly moved to rewrite the building’s rules in a way that gave residents sweeping control over how the store could operate. Court filings show the shift ultimately derailed HMart’s planned outpost — and has since led to two lawsuits…