Harlem's much-anticipated Trader Joe's and small-format Target are coming to a new complex on 125th Street that is inching toward the finish line.
Construction on the glass facade of the Urban League Empowerment Center, as the 414,000-square-foot development at 121 W 125 Street between Lenox Avenue and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard is known, began last summer and now seems to be complete. Recently the sidewalk shed in front came down.
The building will be the headquarters of the historic National Urban League and also house a civil rights museum, community groups such as Jazzmobile, plus 170 affordable housing units.
Once finished—expected in late 2023—the complex will share space on the block with Harlem's State Office Building, the neighborhood's Whole Foods as well as the Studio Museum's future new home.
A leasing campaign for its office space has kicked off in the meantime, according to the New York Post.
On a page about diversity and inclusion, Trader Joe's website proudly notes that its first Harlem store will share space with the National Urban League and New York’s first civil rights museum. The ground-floor retail space will be 28,000 square feet.
Target lists its 125th Street store on its Upcoming Store Openings page and mentions it will be about 44,000 square feet—about the size of the chain's small-format stores.
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