Rendering credit: Beyer Blinder Belle
Trader Joe’s will join Target at a major new mixed-use development in Harlem. It will be the grocery store’s 13th location in New York City. The $242 million project is known as the Urban League Empowerment Center, as it will be home to a new headquarters for the National Urban League and the state’s first civil rights museum. It will also include 170 affordable and mixed-income apartments and office space for local nonprofits.
The National Urban League Empowerment Center is being developed by The Prusik Group, BRP Companies, L+M Development Partners, and Taconic Partners. The 17-story project was first announced back in 2013 but did not receive the necessary approvals to move ahead until July of 2019. Designed by the architects at Beyer Blinder Belle, it’s expected to be completed in 2023.