Blumenfeld Development Group, the owners of East River Plaza in East Harlem, today announced via a news release that the retail complex at 116th Street and FDR Drive is now 100 percent leased following the signing of a long-term agreement for 14,500 square feet of space by Planet Fitness and the inking of a 15-year lease by Mt. Sinai Hospital for a community oriented dialysis center, also for 14,500 square feet of space.
They join other tenants within the five-story, half a million square foot complex that includes Target, Costco, PetSmart, Aldi, GameStop, Burlington Coat Factory, Old Navy, Bob’s Discount Furniture and Marshalls, among others.
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I am all for a community dialysis center… but in a shopping mall that is supposed to be for retail????? Does that make any sense?
I agree with Andrew. A dialysis center would be much more appropriate in one of the areas outside the shopping mall. This is the type of business that should be locate on the second floor of an avenue. In that type of location, it’s traffic will support the businesses around it, while not using up valuable retail space. This shopping center is making inroads in attracting downtown money and shoppers up to East Harlem. Renting prime retail to this type of business is bad for the community.
Does anyone know when the Planet Fitness will be open for business?
Will the Planet Fitness still open this year?