Details on an ambitious $50 million redevelopment effort in the Larkin District are out. Seneca Exchange Larkin Partners, which recently received $5 million in Recovery Zone bond authorization, plans to renovate a pair of former Larkin Co. warehouses into a mix of office, light industrial and up to 60 residential lofts.
Business First's James Fink has the impressive details:
Seneca
HSBC is said to be leaning heavily towards vacating its signature tower when its lease expires in 2013. But it might not be moving far. Bank insiders say the bank's number one option is to build new space behind its Atrium building on lower Washington Street, but nothing has been finalized. The bank-owned parking lot stretches along Perry Street nearly to Michigan Avenue.
Sources also say the bank would take additional office space planned for the Webster Block. ECHDC officials say that details on a project for that long-vacant site could be announced in
Mayor Byron W. Brown today was joined by Congressman Brian Higgins, and Jordan Levy and Larry Quinn of the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation to announce a community development agreement that will bring investment and job creation to the city's emerging waterfront and its traditional neighborhood commercial districts. The proposed deal is seen as an alternative to the Community Benefit Agreement that some have advocated for the Canal Side project.
After selling its High Street building to an affiliate of Ciminelli Development, the Langston Hughes Center has set its sights on a new home. The arts and cultural organization will temporarily move to the Elsinghorst Building at 136 Broadway while it finalizes a deal to purchase a nearby property. 136 Broadway reopened in 2007 after owner Jean Elsinghorst painstakingly renovated the circa-1866 building into three contemporary loft apartments and first floor commercial space.
Officials from Kaleida Health and the University at Buffalo were on hand to witness the last sequence of steel erected at the construction site of a new combined $291 million clinical care, research and business incubation building on the Medical Campus. The $291 million structure is taking shape next to Buffalo General Hospital at Goodrich and Ellicott streets.
Kaleida Health President and CEO James R. Kaskie and UB President John B. Simpson signed their names to the last section of steel at a “topping off” ceremony. Kaskie and Simpson’s names join
Three renovation projects proposed by the Jeremiah Partnership will be reviewed at this morning's Planning Board meeting. The Broadway, Genesee Street and Main Street buildings are targeted for upgrades by three cooperating religious organizations.
• 437 Broadway - Pentecostal Temple proposes to renovate the vacant three-story building at the corner of Spring Street (entry image). The 12,180 sq.ft. building will be a mix of retail and business space.
• 656 Genesee
After quickly filling its Allentown Lofts project, Kissling Interests is aiming for a repeat performance with it most recent purchase at 249 North Street. Kissling expects to invest over $600,000 upgrading the historic mansion's eight apartments.
"We'll be targeting the high-end market," says Kissling's Executive Vice President Scott LaCasse. "The property is close to some of our other buildings and it is a great area. It's neighborhood we do well in."
Since opening in February, the company has leased all ten units at
The Louis Surdam House at 62 Middlesex Road traded hands on Friday for $1.45 million. It is the highest priced home sale in the city. Ever. According to County Clerk records, the bashful buyer is 62 Middlesex LLC. The Koessler family sold the amazing residence.
Duane Lyman was the architect for the 6,300 sq.ft. home. Lyman was called the "dean of Western New York Architecture" when he died in 1966. He designed such notable buildings as the Saturn Club, 800 West Ferry, Delaware Court Building, Vars Building, Convention Tower, and
A judge has ruled in the dispute over the City's sale of the closed School #36 on Days Park. Justice Patrick NeMoyer has sided with Sam Savarino and blocked the City Council-approved sale of the property to the Elmwood Village Charter School. The decision on the Article 78 proceeding was handed down on Wednesday.
Both the Elmwood Village Charter School and upstart West Buffalo Charter School coveted the school property. Savarino is working with the West Buffalo Charter School to secure a permanent home for the K-4 school. On March 16, 2010, the Buffalo City Council
Three units at 'The Brownstone' project have been put up for sale. Eran Epstein's E Square Capital LLC is converting a three-story warehouse at 504-08 Washington Street into three, two-family townhouses. Each 17' wide unit includes a tandem two-car garage and separate Washington Street entryway. They are priced at $360,000.
Kissling Interests has added another property to its ever expanding portfolio. The firm purchased the historic George L. Williams mansion at 249 North Street. The circa-1877, 9,300 sq.ft. property was purchased for $315,000. It contains eight residential units.
The Larkin District has a new nationally registered landmark. The Kamman Building at 755 Seneca Street, being renovated by architectural firm Chantreuil Jensen Stark as its local office, has been added to the National Register of Historic Places (entry image). In addition, a Multiple Property Documentation Form has also been listed laying the groundwork for property owners to designate other buildings in the neighborhood as historic. Chantreuil Jensen
Twenty nine residences have sold in The Pasquale since the building was completed a year ago with one additional unit under contract. Nine other units have been leased with options to purchase leaving ten units unoccupied. They are shell units that haven't been finished leaving buyers the opportunity to customize and choose their desired finishes. The most expensive unit, a 3,633 sq.ft. three-bedroom penthouse, sold for $1.32 million. Remaining units with 1,342 to 2,572 sq.ft.
The Preservation League of New York State joined economic development, smart growth and environmental groups in denouncing the Legislature's plans to undermine years of work to revitalize the upstate economy, protect open space and foster green initiatives.
The New York State Senate and Assembly are considering tax law amendments that would "temporarily" defer certain state tax credit incentives for up to six years. Among the targeted credits are the recently expanded (2009) NYS Rehabilitation Tax Credit programs. Just last week, the Senate and Assembly passed
The Langston Hughes Institute sold its High Street facility on Wednesday. 33 High Street LLC paid a hefty $1.9 million for the three-story, 28,500 sq.ft building and adjacent parking at 963-69 Washington Street. The buyer and the intended use for the property are unknown. 33 High Street LLC is a subsidiary of Ciminelli Development. Their plans for the site have not been finalized (more here).
The property is across the street from parcels owned by Kaleida
The developers behind The Whitney condo project at 65 Whitney Place have sold their first unit. The $129,000 sale closed on Wednesday. Sal Zambito and Tim Sick of Sunset Bay Park Inc. renovated the historic three-story building into six 1,093 sq.ft. residential units, each with two bedrooms and one bath.
Built in 1898, the three and a half-story brick, Italian palazzo-style building was originally built as a hotel for the Pan Am Exposition. The building's exterior features decorative brick quoining and splayed brick arches. It is located in the West
In Memphis. Bass Pro and Memphis officials, who have been in negotiations since late 2005, have set a November 2011 opening date for the store. The Springfield, Mo.-based retailer plans to turn the unused Pyramid into a $100 million regional center with retail shops, restaurants, offices and a Mississippi River exhibit. The Memphis and Bass Pro courtship has lasted nearly as long as the tap dance happening at the Canal Side project along Buffalo's
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