What you should know
- The American supermarket chain Trader Joe’s currently has 12 stores in New York City, but this will be the first in Upper Manhattan.
- The American supermarket chain will occupy 28,000 square feet as part of the next Urban League Empowerment Center on 125th street.
- It is expected that the Urban League Empowerment Center be a new center of life, work and culture for the Harlem community and the city at large. Along with the new Civil Rights Museum, it will include at least 170 units of affordable and supportive housing for low-income New Yorkers.
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NEW YORK – The well-known supermarket chain Trader Joe’s arrives in Harlem, in this way New York City will now have 12 of these supermarkets, but it will be the first time that it is established in Upper Manhattan.
The beloved American supermarket chain will occupy 28,000 square feet as part of the next Urban League Empowerment Center on 125th Street, according to a lease agreement, which was announced Wednesday, signed with The Prusik Group, BRP Companies, L + M Development Partners and Taconic Partners.
The same building will also house the new headquarters and conference center of the National Urban Leagueas well as the first civil rights museum in the state of New York, which will be known as Urban Civil Rights Experience Museum.
Trader Joe’s will join Target as an anchor tenant in the building. No opening date has been set at this time.
“Now, as always, Trader Joe’s appreciates being part of a new opportunity, a source of food, and a safe and welcoming environment for people to come together and shop,” Trader Joe’s director of public relations, Kenya said in a statement. Friend-Daniel. “We are excited to open our doors in this innovative location and look forward to serving Harlem, a community rich in culture and diversity, as your neighborhood grocery store.”
Announced in August, the Urban League Empowerment Center The 17-story building is a new center of life, work and culture for the Harlem community and the city at large. Along with the new Civil Rights Museum, it will include at least 170 units of affordable and supportive housing for low-income New Yorkers, as well as nearly 90,000 square feet of profitable commercial space.
The new building will also include below-market office space for several local nonprofits, such as United Negro College Fund, 100 Black Men, Inc. and Jazzmobileauthorities said. The project, designed by Beyer Blinder Belle, is expected to be completed in 2023.
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