First tenant in East Harlem mall to open

On Nov. 12, East River Plaza, the new big-box shopping center on FDR Drive in East Harlem, will see its first store opening. The 110,000-square-foot Costco wholesale warehouse club will be the first of several big name tenants, including Target, Best Buy and Marshall’s, to welcome customers at the new shopping center. Only 30,000 square feet out of an available 485,000 square feet is left unclaimed. The six-acre shopping site, which stretches from 116th to 119th streets, was developed by David Blumenfeld, a principal with the Blumenfeld Development Group.