SRO Developer Linked to Charas Sale?

ROTTEN BANANAS: To the tune of “Banana Boat Song” and “Yes, We Have No Bananas,” about 50 people protested outside the Belleclaire Hotel on West 77th Street June 29. Belleclaire owner Keith Schwebel is converting the Upper West Side SRO into a hostel for international tourists, part of the Banana Bungalow, Inc. chain. “They are destroying low-income housing so they can squeeze 10 tourists in a room,” protest organizers said. Schwebel and Banana Bungalow are also believed to have similar plans for Charas, the Lower East Side community center the Giuliani administration sold to developer Gregg Singer last summer.