BOSTON CAPITAL INVESTS IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT

NEW YORK CITY — Boston Capital has invested in Harriet Tubman House Apartments, an affordable housing project under development in Harlem, Hew York City. The project, which is being developed by locally based West Harlem Group Assistance, will consist of the rehabilitation of a former homeless shelter. Two buildings will be renovated and a third building will be constructed. The new community will contain 53 units in a mix of two studios, 13 one-bedrooms, 26 two-bedrooms and 12 three-bedrooms. Sixteen of the units will be set aside for formerly homeless residents. Amenities will include 1,500 square feet of community space with a community room and laundry facilities; a sixth floor common roof deck; and a meeting space with a kitchen, a pantry and a resident recreation area. The construction timetable was not released.