TCO to convert school to 90-unit mixed-use building in East Harlem, plans first filed in 2008

Acuity Capital Partners, on February 23, was issued a temporary certificate of occupancy for a $3.5 million project which converted a school to a 90-unit, 69,093-square-foot residential and retail building at 340 East 117th Street in East Harlem. Elliot Neumann filed the plans.

The plans have been in the works for year. Plans were originally filed in 2008 to convert the school, P.S. 185, into an 87-unit rental. However, the plans were withdrawn in 2014.

The plans, pre-filed on February 27, 2013, call for the change in use and increase in size of the building from a 55-foot tall, five story building to a 119-foot tall, nine-story building. The time from pre-file to TCO was eight years.

The project is described in the filings as: convert existing five-story school into a residential building with retail space on the ground floor. Add four floors on top of existing building. New certificate of occupancy will be obtained. The initial cost as reported in the DOB filing for the work described in this permit application is $3,460,400.

The building has a lobby, office, and nearly 4,000-square-feet of retail space on the ground floor, per the plans. The second floor has a gym, lounge, laundry room, and 12 dwelling units. The third floor has 16 dwelling units, floors four and five each have 15 dwelling units per floor, floors six and seven each have nine dwelling units per floor, and floors eight and nine each have seven dwelling units per floor. Floors six, eight, and the roof all have recreation spaces or outdoor terraces. The building also has parking for 47 cars.

According to a report, the building is a rental.

Issac & Stern Architects was behind the design.

The property was acquired for an undisclosed amount in 2014.

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