http://www.planNYC.org/ PlanNYC | New York City Planning Information Portal en-us ja3n@earthlink.net http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=70#4413 East Harlem will soon be home to the first Target store in Manhattan as part of the East River Plaza. Some are hopeful that the store will bring much need commercial activity to the community, a place where many local residents travel to the Bronx or Westchester to shop. Best Buy and Marshalls will also be a part of the Plaza. Costco may also sublease the space originally leased by Home Depot. Many are hoping that the new shopping center will bring new jobs to area residents. Some in the area are concerned that the new Plaza will bring additional traffic and pollution to the neighborhood. 2008-07-03 00:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=70#3987 Home Depot is reconsidering its decision to locate in the East River Plaza in Harlem, although it has already signed a lease for the site. In 1998, Home Depot first announced its interest in the site, which is a development project with Forest City Ratner and Blumenfeld Development Group. Construction is expected to be finished in 2009 and Target and Best Buy have also signed leases for the area. 2008-03-28 00:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=70#1510 The Gotham Gazette provides excerpts of comments from a recent panel discussion on the role of locally owned retail stores in an age when chain stores are increasingly locating in New York City. La Marqueta in East Harlem and Hunts Point in the Bronx are two projects discussed. 2006-10-14 00:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=70#1459 City Limits reports on the status of the planned $20 million redevelopment of El Barrio’s La Marqueta. The East Harlem municipal market has faced decades of weak revenues and previous efforts to revitalize it have stalled. While current planners are confident that today’s economic conditions are favorable for the area's renaissance, the group hired by the city to implement the plan says that they are “at least $5 million short and 18 months behind schedule.” 2006-09-25 00:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=70#1417 Target has signed a lease with the East River Plaza to become one of the two anchor stores for the new shopping center. This new agreement takes the place of a Costco Wholesale Club which was expected to fill that vacancy. The other anchor store to the center remains to be Home Depot. The East River Plaza is due to open in 2008. 2006-09-08 06:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=70#1106 In a rare nod to community opposition, the Bloomberg administration has scrapped plans for a massive commercial and residential development project in rapidly gentrifying East Harlem. Bowing to pressure from Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, City Councilwoman Melissa Mark Viverito (D-East Harlem) and Community Board 11, the mayor's office quietly informed them last week that the city's Economic Development Corp. will not move forward with the "Uptown New York" project. 2006-05-03 00:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=70#967 Nearly five years after city officials approved a plan to replace the abandoned Washburn Wire factory in East Harlem with a big-box shopping center, the project, East River Plaza, may be gaining momentum. Last month, the original developer, the Blumenfeld Development Corporation of Syosset, N.Y., acquired a new partner, Forest City Ratner Companies, which has extensive experience in building projects in low-income neighborhoods in New York. 2004-06-17 00:00:00