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City Sells Parcel to Civic-Minded Nursery Owner

NEW YORK-The owners of an East Harlem nursery operating under a short-term lease for the last 14 years finally can stand on their own ground. The city has sold the 12,000 sf property to its longtime tenants, who now are planning major improvements to their business.

By Glen Thompson | Updated on August 02, 2001

NEW YORK-A nursery that has been serving East Harlem residents’ horticultural needs for well over a decade has finally purchased the 12,000 sf parcel it has been leasing from the city for 14 years. The greenery was able to buy the property from the city’s Economic Development Corp., which is responsible for the sale of city-owned land.

Now that Dimitri Galanos, owner of the eponymously named Dimitri Nurseries, owns the land, he is planning an 18-month, $200,000 renovation and expansion project. Improvements will include construction of a retail store and as well as landscaping projects including garden waterfalls and pathways.

“In order to make capital improvements to the property he needed to have title,” says EDC spokesperson Janel Patterson. “It’s a standard business practice.”

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