The Regional Transportation Authority planned to enhance Pace suburban bus service along a 10-mile stretch of Harlem Avenue through multiple municipalities to better meet rider needs. The 1861 Group, together with Goodman Williams Group and on a team led by Sam Schwartz Engineering, was tasked with doing a real estate market analysis, identifying development sites along the corridor, projecting future demand, and aligning land use with suggested transportation improvements.

Using a combination of demographic, land use, business and transit data, suggestions for potential development types were given to enhance the proposed bus rapid transit service. This analysis showed that the opportunity exists in the residential market for high-density development on the northern section of the Corridor and infill along the southern portion that supports proposed improvements. Within the retail market, we suggested small format residential opportunities were feasible only if paired with residential in a mixed-use format. Due to the high concentration of residential uses along much of the Corridor, industrial was not a use that was recommended.

As part of the RTA Community Planning Program, RTA and Pace jointly accepted the plan in 2018. As of 2023, and due at least in part to the COVID pandemic, Harlem is still identified as a near-term priority corridor for the Pace Pulse rapid transit program, but has not yet been implemented.