HISTORY
Let’s start at the beginning.
1988 – SFDS Development Corporation Founded
1992 – East Harlem Apartments Open
1993 – El Barrio Apartments Open
1994 – Milagrosa Apartments Open
1994 – Cicely Tyson Building Dedicated
1995 – Mt. Carmel & St. Cecilia Apartments Open
1996 – San Francisco Apartments Open
1997 – Mt. Pleasant Apartments Open
1998 – Ebenezer Apartments Open
1999 – San Juan Apartments Open
2003 – Casita Park Apartments & Lucille C. Clark Apartments Open
2009 – All Saints Apartments Open
2013 – Ascendant Co-Founds Northern Manhattan Collaborative
2015 – Ascendant Joins Landmark East Harlem
2017 – Ascendant Heritage Apartments Project Begins
2018 – Ascendant Turns 30!
2019 – East Harlem Historic District Listed on State/National Registers of Historic Places
2019 – ShareNYC Designation
Ascendant Neighborhood Development partners with the Ali Forney Center on a new shared housing project for a site Ascendant owns in East Harlem.
