Controversial One45 Harlem Rezoning Plan Will Begin Again: Developer

HARLEM, NY — The saga continues. Harlem's controversial One45 rezoning project, dramatically defeated at the final hours then transformed into a hotly contested truck stop, will recommence under a slightly different new name, the developer told Patch.

Now it's One45 Harlem for ALL.

Developer Bruce Teitelbaum filed Thursday a pre-application statement with details on his latest plan to rezone 145th Street and build housing, according to documents reviewed by Patch.

The new plans call for 915 new homes, 50 percent of which (458 specifically) will be income-targeted "affordable apartments," the document shows.

• 174 units will be income-restricted for Harlem residents who earn as low as $28,020 annually, and no more than $53,360 for a family of four.
• 164 units will go to Harlem residents earning between 60 and 80 percent of the area-median income.
• 120 units will go to union households, such as, Teitelbaum writes, "civil servants, blue collar workers, teachers, healthcare professionals, and other working-class Harlem families."

These details appear in a letter sent to Harlem Council Member Kristin Richardson Jordan, who led the fight against the first iteration of the rezoning plan.

The statement calls for cooperation but makes clear there is no end in sight for the much maligned truck depot at West 145th Street between Lenox Avenue and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard.

"We are also going to continue to work on our as-of-right plan," Teitelbaum wrote, "a truck depot on the partially vacant site and, once vacated, a mix of 100% market rate housing, a self-storage facility, parking, and retail."

Jordan did not immediately respond to Patch's request for comment.

Teitelbaum could face staunch opposition from Harlem residents who were vocal against the first iteration of the project in 2022.

Besides elected officials, more than 600 Harlem residents signed letters opposing One45 in January 2022.

Community Board 10 also voted against the development.

Teitelbaum withdrew the first version the plan at the end of May 2022, just hours before it was set to be voted on in the City Council.

One45 would have entailed a pair of 363-foot-tall towers on the corner of West 145th Street and Lenox Avenue, adding housing, offices and retail space to a low-rise block currently home to a strip of stores, a gas station, and the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network headquarters.

It is unclear exactly what the new plan will include.

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