NYCHA, HPD, HDC, and DOE Join Harlem RBI, Jonathan Rose Companies, Dream Charter School, & NY Yankee Mark Teixeira to Break Ground on Mixed-Use Development in East Harlem

New York City Housing Authority Chairman John B. Rhea, New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC) President Marc Jahr, and New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Mathew M. Wambua on Feb. 7 joined Jonathan Rose Companies, Harlem RBI Executive Director Rich Berlin, Harlem RBI Board Member and New York Yankee Mark Teixeira, and others to celebrate the groundbreaking ceremony for The East Harlem Center for Living and Learning located in East Harlem. The new 151,000-square-foot multi-family, mixed-use development will have 88 new affordable apartments, a 58,000-square-foot K-8 charter school and 6,000 square feet of office space dedicated to not-for-profit organizations.

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