Abandoned Harlem building built as luxury complex will instead become homeless shelter — and could house migrants
NY Post
Residents of one Harlem neighborhood feel like they’ve been given a migrant bait-and-switch.
A building development that was marketed as a plush condominium complex on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. is instead going to be turned — with taxpayer money — into a homeless shelter that could potentially house migrants.
The unexpected change of use has left some in the area outraged.
“There was no discussion, no conversation about this plan with the community. This building has been empty for so long,” CB 10 chairman Marquis Harrison said.
The 35-unit complex at 2201 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd near 130th Street was billed as a lux living space where residents would pay market rates to enjoy an indoor swimming pool and apartments with marble bathrooms.
But after the developer ran into money problems that forced foreclosure, and now the site is being leased to a non-profit that is working with the city Department of Social Services/Homeless Services as a shelter for either migrants or the Big Apple’s native homeless population.
