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- 125th Street Corridor
- 2nd Avenue Subway
- 421-a tax incentive program
- 980 Madison Tower
- Access to the Region's Core (ARC)
- Albee Square Mall Tower
- Atlantic Yards
- Bayside Rezoning
- Bayswater/Far Rockaway Rezoning
- Bedford Stuyvesant Rezoning
- Briarwood Rezoning
- Bricktown Centre
- Brig Redevelopment, Wallabout Brooklyn
- Brooklyn Academy of Music Cultural District
- Brooklyn Greenway
- Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Bush Terminal Park
- Clinton Hill/Ft. Greene Rezoning
- College Point Police Academy
- Columbia University Expansion
- Columbus Circle
- Con Ed Site Redevelopment
- Coney Island Development
- Cooper Square Urban Renewal Area
- Cross Harbor Freight Tunnel
- Domino Sugar Factory
- Downtown Brooklyn
- Downtown JFK-LIRR Link
- DUMBO Rezoning
- Dyker Heights/Fort Hamilton Rezoning
- East River Plaza
- East River Science Park
- East River Waterfront
- East Side Access
- Far Rockaway and Mott Creek Rezoning
- Far West Village Rezoning
- Federal Housing Policy
- Fieldston Landmark Designation
- Flushing Development
- Fordham Expansion
- Forest Hills Rezoning
- Fresh Kills Master Plan
- Fulton Street Transit Center
- Gansevoort Marine Transfer Station
- Garment District Rezoning
- Gateway Center at Bronx Terminal Market
- General Theological Seminary Tower (Chelsea)
- Governors Island
- Gowanus Development
- Greenpoint-Williamsburg Rezoning
- High Line Redevelopment + Whitney Museum
- HUB Retail and Office Center
- Hudson Railyards
- Hudson River Park
- Hudson Yards Rezoning & Development
- Hunter College Health-Professions Tower
- Hunts Point Vision Plan
- Inwood/Sherman Creek Waterfront Rezoning
- Jamaica, Queens Development and Rezoning
- Javits Convention Center Expansion
- JetBlue JFK Terminal
- Kingsbridge Armory
- Kissena Park Rezoning
- Lincoln Center Redevelopment
- Long Island City
- Lower East Side Rezoning
- Lower Manhattan Development
- Maspeth - Woodside Rezoning
- Mets Stadium Construction
- Middle Village-Glendale Rezoning
- Midwood Rezoning
- Mott Haven School Campus
- Moynihan Station
- Museum for African Art
- New Madison Square Garden
- New Rego Park, Queens Mall
- New York City Building Code
- New York City Hospital Redevelopment
- New York Diamond Tower
- New York Historical Society Tower
- No. 7 Line Extension
- North Brother Island
- North Tribeca Rezoning
- NYC 2012 Olympic Bid
- NYU Development
- One Madison Ave Clocktower
- P.S. 64 Redevelopment
- PlaNYC 2030
- Plaza Hotel Redevelopment
- Policy Developments - Landmarks
- Public Place
- Queens Botanical Garden
- Queens Plaza
- Queens West
- Randalls Island Water Park and Playing Fields
- Red Hook Cruise Terminal
- Red Hook Development
- Renaissance Ballroom and Renaissance Casino
- Seventh Regiment Armory (Park Ave.)
- Silvercup West
- SoHo Sanitation Garage
- Solid Waste Management Plan
- South Bronx Jail Plan
- South Ferry Terminal Project
- South Street Seaport Redevelopment
- South Village Historic District
- Springfield Gardens Rezoning
- St. Vincent’s Expansion
- Stapleton Waterfront District
- Starrett City
- Staten Island NASCAR Track
- Staten Island North Shore Light Rail
- Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village
- Sunnyside Yards Platform
- The Caledonia (Chelsea)
- Trump Soho Hotel Condominiums
- Union Square Redesign
- Union-Utopia Rezoning
- United Nations Renovation
- Upper West Side Rezoning Proposal
- Uptown New York (East Harlem)
- Van Cortlandt Park Filtration Plant
- Via Verde - New Housing New York Legacy Project
- Washington Square Park Redesign
- West-Park Presbyterian Church Tower
- White Plains Courtyard
- Whitestone Rezoning
- Willets Point Development
- World Trade Center Redevelopment
- Yankee Stadium Construction
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East River Plaza
With numerous major development projects in the works in East Harlem, community groups have mobilized effectively to fight what they see as out-of-character development.
One troubled project in the area is East River Plaza, a 475,000 square foot retail center to be built over the abandoned Washburn Wire factory. The project was approved by the City Council in 1999, but funding troubles kept the project grounded until interest was renewed when Forest City Ratner bought a stake in the project in 2004. The project was originally to cost $87 million, but has ballooned into a most recent estimate of at least $300 million. Retail chains Target and Home Depot would anchor the mall.
Hopeful Economic Boost from Target in East River Plaza
Thursday, July 03, 2008 | New York Sun | Topic: Economic Development
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.
Home Depot May Abandon Location in East River Plaza
Friday, March 28, 2008 | Crain's New York Business | Topic: Land Use
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.
NYC Retail In The Age Of Chain Stores
Saturday, October 14, 2006 | Gotham Gazette | Topic: Economic Development
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.
La Marqueta: Economic Engine For East Harlem?
Monday, September 25, 2006 | City Limits Weekly | Topic: Economic Development
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.”
Manhattan’s First Target Store Will Arrive In East Harlem
Friday, September 08, 2006 | New York Times | Topic: General
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.
Uptown Plan Down And Out
Wednesday, May 03, 2006 | New York Daily News | Topic: Land Use
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.
New Developer for East River Plaza
Thursday, June 17, 2004 | New York Times | Topic: Economic Development
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.