NEW YORK CITY—The East Harlem Housing Plan has four central goals: preserve existing affordable housing, develop new affordable housing, increase access to affordable housing, and promote economic opportunity.

NEW YORK CITY—Brooklyn Harvest Market, which operates two locations in Brooklyn at 204 Union Ave. and 25 North 5th St., is now expanding into Queens with the lease of 24,036 square feet of ground and mezzanine space at Building 1 at Hallets Point.

Here is a roundup of the latest leases, sales and other transactions in the Northeast middle markets.NEWS & NOTABLESBRONX, NY—Lease deals…

NEW YORK CITY—Under the firm's new seven-year lease, EZE Castle will remain in its 17,925-square-foot office that encompasses the entire seventh floor of the 20-story, 282,278-square-foot tower.

BOSTON—The Greater Boston Association of Realtors reports the spring selling season got off to a strong start with the single-family and condominium sectors posting healthy increases in March.

NEW YORK CITY—Market Factory, Frame.io and Cuebiq signed separate 5,702 square-foot leases for full floor spaces on the 12th, 10th and third floors, respectively at the 12-floor 69,310-sf boutique office building.

NEW YORK CITY—The New York City Economic Development Corp. has issued a Request for Expressions of Interest for the lease and operation of a 7,500-sf currently vacant building for food retail and food manufacturing uses at Bush Terminal—the future home of the Made in NY Campus.

WATERTOWN, MA—Developer Boylston Properties reports the new hotel at the Arsenal Yards project will feature 145-rooms. Construction on the development is expected to begin in the late spring of this year.