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.
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, is now mostly complete.
The building will be the headquarters of the historic National Urban League and also house the Urban Civil Rights Museum, community groups such as Jazzmobile, plus 170 affordable housing units.
The Trader Joe's Harlem, which began recruiting for crew members in late June, will open at 123 W 125th Street on July 25 at 8am, according to the company's website. (Here's a peek at the store's mural by the kids at Creative Art Works.)
Target's new location at 121 W 125th Street is featured on its Upcoming Store Openings page and is listed as approximately 44,000 square feet—about the size of the chain's small-format stores.
At a recent Juneteenth event at the State Office Plaza sponsored in part by Target, a company employee mentioned it would open sometime this fall—probably around mid-October.
Other new retailers such as Sephora and Pandora have already opened their doors.
