First Hotel and Office Development in 30 Years Slated for Harlem

NEW YORK CITY-Plans will be unveiled Thursday for the first Marriot Courtyard in an inner city community and an office building in Harlem. The 585,000-sf mixed use development, which is located at 125th Street and Park Avenue and dubbed Harlem Park, marks the area’s first hotel and office development in 30 years.

The model of the $190-million development, designed by Enrique Norten, principal, Ten Acquitectos/Design International, will outline a vision that the developers, 1800 Park LLC, hope will “inspire a new source of community pride in Harlem.”

This is just one of a number of developments in Harlem. A groundbreaking was held earlier this week for Strivers Gardens, a $67 million residential condominium on Frederick Douglass Boulevard between West 134th and 135th streets. The building will feature 169 condominiums, 37,000 sf of retail and underground parking and is expected to be ready to go by fall 2004.