The new building comes at a time when buildings throughout Harlem have partnered with developers as a way of updating their properties in the face of diminishing congregations and rising price tags. At 10 Lenox Avenue, the Second Canaan Baptist Church teamed up with Level One Holdings to redevelop its property into an eight-story condominium with a new sanctuary on the lower levels. Current availabilities start at $725K, and closings average $1,481 per square foot.To the west, the First Ebenezer Baptist Church sold its property at 2457 Frederick Douglass Boulevard to developer Almat Group in March 2017; the first floor of the fully occupied condominium is now being used as a new church. La Hermosa Church, the oldest Latino church on the East Coast, is well aware of the potential and gung-ho to work with a developer on a new residential tower and revitalized church.
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