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Developer Plans 7-Story Harlem Apartment Building
The seven-story development is located a block away from the Macomb's Dam Bridge on West 155th Street.

The seven-story development is located a block away from the Macomb's Dam Bridge on West 155th Street.

All units in the "Victory Plaza" development will be offered at below-market rates, many dedicated for the formerly homeless.

Rents for most units offered through the lottery are $761 per month for studios, $963 for one bedrooms and $1,166 for two bedrooms.
If plans are approved, the Ennis Francis Houses on West 124th Street will be torn down and rebuilt as taller developments.
The massive, multi-building development will bring more than 600 apartment units to an East Harlem block.
The new mixed-use development will rise on West 126th Street on the former site of the Nelson Mandela Community Garden.
The portfolio contains both residential and retail buildings on a span of three city blocks.
A new facility on West 118th Street will contain 136 below-market units for seniors, 41 of which are reserved for formerly homeless tenants.
The church building on Madison Avenue and East 126th Street was built for the St. James' Methodist Episcopal Church in the 19th century.
The unis are spread throughout six different buildings in Harlem. Rates range from $896 per month for a studio to $1,339 for a 3-bedroom.
The buildings contain 116 apartments, three retail spaces and a super's residence.
The condo industry is booming in Harlem. The neighborhood's sales record was set in Oct. when a penthouse went for $9.5 million.
The 11th-floor penthouse of Circa Central Park features a private terrace with views of both Central Park and Morningside Park.
The real estate firms buying the properties have agreed to extend affordability protections for 40 years in a deal with the city.
The application filed by the Durst Organization is likely smaller in scale than the final plan for the East Harlem site.
Police responded to reports of a student with a gun at the A. Philip Randolph Camps High School.
State Senator Brian Benjamin's proposed legislation would give rent-stabilized tenants six years to report overcharges to the state.
A watchdog investigation has led to a class action lawsuit against the Scharfman Organization, which owns more than 100 buildings in NYC.
Tenants of a Harlem building are suing their landlords for illegally deregulating units and overcharging them on rent.
The new building will feature ground floor retail space and 17 apartments.
The buildings are located on West 149th Street between Fredrick Douglass and Adam Clayton Powell boulevards.
The debate continues surrounding plans to create a large development on the Marx Brothers Playground in East Harlem.
The city has approved construction on hundreds of new apartments in the recently-rezoned neighborhood.
More than 280 public and below-market units were preserved during the renovation project.
Condos at the development — dubbed "The Rennie" — start at $589,000 for a studio.
Rents start at $1,850 for a studio apartment and increase to $2,150 for a one-bedroom and $2,695 for a two-bedroom.
The city pledged to invest more than $100 million on riverfront improvements for East Harlem as part of the neighborhood's rezoning.
The Riverton Square development in East Harlem is accepting applications for below-market units for the second time in two years.
An affordable housing developer and the city will preserve the current Section 8 housing as part of a 40-year tax abatement.
The twin 12-story buildings will take up nearly an entire block on West 124th Street.
Plans for a 37-story, 384 apartment building were filed with the city. The building is part of the block-swallowing "Sendero Verde" complex.
The lottery includes 12 apartments inside 2183 Third Ave. ranging from studios to two bedrooms, city records show.
Architects behind the large developments unveiled renderings of the new buildings.
The new building will be developed on an empty lot on East 119th Street.
The apartments are located in a newly-constructed building on East 120th Street and First Avenue.
The building will feature 18 apartment units and a rooftop recreational space.
The 135-foot-tall building will feature 37 apartment units.
The new landmarks include a former meatpacking facility, a school that is now home to artists and East Harlem's first public high school.
The new development will rise on a vacant site a few blocks south of Marcus Garvey Park.
The new six-story building will rise on a vacant lot on East 117th Street between First and Pleasant avenues.