It was
announced two years ago that the old Tastee Cake site taking up a block over on West Harlem (426-458 West 126th Street by Amsterdam) had plans to be restored so that a local brewery and a Greenpoint manufacturing collective could move in. This $100 million project called CREATE@Harlem Green was big news since it would bring manufacturing facilities and jobs back to Manhattanville but the lower photo shows the site today which still looks the same as it did a couple of years back. So what is going on?
The only bit of information we could find is basically what has been confirmed via paperwork on the DOB public site. From the top sketch, we assumed that the original Taystee Cake factory would be incorporated back into the new structure but current paperwork filed last week has plans made for the demolition of most of the block. Outside of the demo permits, we could not find any new building permits posted so CREATE@Harlem Green will probably take a little more time to happen then expected.
According to the NYC Regional Economic Development Council's 2012 progress report (this project received $10M in government funding):
ReplyDelete"The sale of the Taystee Bakery property to a private developer was accomplished in June 2012. The developer is now responsible for completing all agree- ments with ESD to receive its funding. Construction must begin by July 2013. The developer is negotiating a lease for a 5,000 square foot food distribu- tion center with representatives of Mid-Hudson farmers, among other prospective tenants." (p. 25)
So that July 2013 construction plan seems like a condition that the developers cannot get around so maybe there will be more activity in the next week or two?