Alling & Cory Plans Revealed

AAAAAAAAaaaaaaannnnnnddddd GO! they should build it to the side walk...are those the windows they are gonna use?...i hope those are oak trees...red felt for the pool table!?!? this project should be stopped! ;) great project...can't wait!

Ive said it before and Ill say it again: If you are a student at an are college why would you not rent one of the many flats in close proximity to school. I dont get this supposed shortage of student housing. 2grand a month for a 2 bdrm? Jeesh! You could get a nice place off campus for 600 to 700 per month and split that two or three ways. You could pay as little as 200 per month without having to share a bedroom. You will have much more fun living in the Buff State or UB south neighborhoods in my opinion as well.

Nice floorplans but the historic credits really hurt the exterior of the project from an outside looking in perspective.

Of course, a good bunch of the view looks out to housing projects...so I guess that helps on the inside looking out. :)

yeah, i have to be honest... the price is a little high. As a full time college student, i barely get enough student loans to pay my rent and i pay much less than these apartments. It is good that the utilities are included because its a great selling point. Many students now opt to pay rent plus utilities because it seems cheaper when it really doesn't make much difference.
Great Project and best of luck!!!!!!!!

The 'interior view' seems misleading as it has all those windows while the exterior views show most of the windows high up or much smaller. Not a big quibble but if the developers want those kinds of visuals, they should follow through in their execution. The money is higher than many parents would like but guess what? That's a discount on the going rate for new buildouts. I wish this project and Alling&Cory all the best!

Great project! Jake Schneider is at it again with another wonderful reuse development downtown. Hopefully we can encourage great urban design by tying the building to the street with transparent street-level windows, multiple access points on all sides of the building and ground-level retail (small cafe, deli, etc.) that is accessible to the street and not enclosed within the interior. Jane Jacobs 'eyes on the street' observation holds true in many ways by fostering public safety in a relatively desolate area of downtown in need of active street life and ground level vitality.
Minimal parking would be an added plus by encouraging students to take advantage of transit and the abundance of on-street parking options in that area of downtown, thus encouraging street vitality through increased pedestrian volumes. If students have their own off-street parking spaces enclosed within the property, they are largely removed from the sidewalks around them.
Again, great job Jake.

P.S. that's 500 per person, not 500 total.

Traditionally, community college kids are commuters who work part time and live at home. And, they usually do not receive large grants or scholarships. But, they are very good at living on a tight budget generated by the jobs they do have. When that is the case, I can see that this would definitely beat living at home with the parents. It is doable at minimum wage working 20-25 hours per week.

I think what you are seeing here is the projected evolution of ECC. Currently, ECC is a commuter college. However, the state has several two year schools that offer a "4 year experience" with a 2 year degree.

I knew kids who went to Canton Tech in the 90s for the electrical engineering program. 1 transferred to RIT and the other took a job with the phone company down south. When visiting them, the school had all of the makings of a 4 year school minus the junior and senior class.

Eventually, I think you will see a "Buffalo City College" in downtown Buffalo and the consolidation of the 3 campuses.

$685/mo. to live on the east side? What a deal! Don't tell me it's not the east side. It is.

I just looked again at the rental rates.

4 people splitting $2460 are going to find a much better deal somewhere else.

oh my goodness perhaps another abandoned building would be a better plan . Another beautiful project for Jake Schneider.Thank you Jake

There are proposed plans for a market/cafe/deli for students, that would also be open to the public, and there will be on-site parking for students. ECC rents parking space from surrounding lots, so the proximity of parking to the building is extremely convenient, if the provided lot is not enough.