A former BP gas station in Harlem has been plucked by the New York City Economic Development Corporation for development as a mixed-use project with more than 50 apartments.
Artimus Construction, the developer behind One Morningside Park, won a request-for-proposal process that began in February, and will now move forward with a 125,000-square-foot mixed-use project on the 2040 Frederick Douglass Boulevard site, also to include a new 8,600-square-foot space for the Harlem-based Millennium Dance Company.
Most of the building’s space will go to apartments, at least 20 percent of which must be affordable. The retail component, to house a minimum 8,000-square-foot space, will most likely house a restaurant.
Artimus is also developing a 120-foot wide Chelsea parking lot at 132-142 West 27th Street, purchased earlier this year for $35 million, as a commercial office tower. [NYO] — Julie Strickland