The renovated residential building at 65 Whitney Place is for sale.  Developer Sunset Bay Park Inc. purchased the building in May 2007 and recently completed upgrades to the historic property.  The building contains six residential units, each with two bedrooms and one bath in 1,093 sq.ft. of living space.  It has a $750,000 asking price.

A condo offering plan

The two-story building at the northwest corner of Swan Street and Michigan Avenue is sporting a crisp, new look.  A new brick facade has been installed on the structure.  Work on the building, owned by James T. Sandoro, started late last year.

From Courtney's original post:

The building was built in 1918 as a factory outlet for the Simon Pure Brewery. Soon after, pesky Prohibition got in the way and left the building and its industry sitting shuttered for 15 years

The New York City-based owners of the Tishman Building are upgrading the property to help attract new tenants.  The prominent Lafayette Square office building has 198,000 sq.ft. of space spread over 20 floors.  Built in 1958 by Tishman Realty & Development, the Tishman served as the long-time headquarters for National Fuel until the utility company left downtown for Amherst in 2003.

Steve Carmina, AIA

Owning a lighthouse would be cool. I would not bet on being able to live at the South Buffalo Lighthouse, but if you have ever harbored any maritime fantasies

A four-story industrial building on the East Side is being sold "regardless of price."  Cash Cunningham, who recently auctioned the Statler, is auctioning the property on Saturday.  The action begins at noon on-site.

The 91,000 sq.ft. brick building sits on 1.67 acres.  Not much is known about the history of the building.  One neighborhood resident believes it was originally a knitting factory.  If so, it could have been "Monarch

A real estate investment group that includes former First Niagara Bank Chairman Paul J. Kolkmeyer is moving forward with plans to convert a vacant Delaware Avenue building to market-rate apartments.  The former Lutheran Nursing Home property at 1040 Delaware will contain 49 rentals under plans being reviewed by the Buffalo Planning Board on Tuesday.   Kolkmeyer and business partner Michael Macaluso's 1040 Delaware LLC purchased the property in April 2008 for $400,000.

Plaza Group had owned the three-story, 44,000 sq.ft. building located between W. Utica and Lexington Avenue

We've had the good fortune of working with Hero Design in the past and, based on that experience, we were anxious to find another opportunity to work together.  Well, we found it and we couldn't be happier with the results.

If you're not familiar with Hero Design, take some time to check out their work.  They are hyper-talented young designers the city should be proud to be home to and their

The Sattler Theatre, often called the Broadway Theatre (c.1914), at 516 Broadway near Jefferson, was purchased by Western New York Minority Media Professionals for $40,000, and will be restored for roughly $1 million.  It will be a gem once again. 

The purchase itself is sort of old news, but the group is now on the verge of construction.  At the moment, Watts Engineering and Architecture has been hired with Flynn Battaglia Architects

The Monarch, a condominium conversion project at the tony corner of Delaware Avenue at Bryant, is now selling.  The studio to two-bedroom former rentals, being upgraded and placed on the market as leases expire, are priced from $83,900.  Current residents have been given the opportunity to purchase their units.  The development group is working with Maureen Flavin and Ellen Warner of RealtyUSA to market the project. 

"It's the perfect location, a block away from all the excitement on the Elmwood Strip - unique shops, interesting restaurants and great people-watching,

Delaware Avenue sports a few powder blue residential buildings and recently got a heavy dose of blue glass at Avant.  Not to be outdone, owner Righteous Babe Records has joined in with the building at 340 Delaware Avenue south of Tupper Street. 

There's not much to say here.  Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.  The City and public generally have no say in paint schemes outside of preservation districts.  An irate emailer isn't pleased however:

Can you believe this??  This is the former Naples

The long-vacant Cloister restaurant is expected to have a new owner soon with plans to redevelop the site.  Business First reports that chiropractor Dr. Scott Croce, brother of restaurateur/developer Mark Croce, is in contract to purchase the property at 472 Delaware, corner of Virginia. 

Croce's plan is to construct a new two or three-story building on the prime Allentown Historic Preservation District site and relocate his practice from 369 Delaware.  Space will be available for

 A vacant apartment building near the corner of Jewett and Fillmore avenues is getting a new lease on life thanks to a grant by the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York.  The $70,000 affordable housing grant to Fillmore-Leroy Area Residents, Inc. (FLARE) to help finance the construction of the Jewett Avenue Apartments, which will provide eight units of affordable housing for very low-income families. Home Loan Bank members M&T Bank and First Niagara Bank submitted the applications for the funding.

Lu Modern Classics has closed.  The clothing retailer has shut its store at 504 Elmwood Avenue and is expected to reopen September 15th at 3995 North Buffalo Road in Orchard Park.  According to the store's phone message, a new city location will be opening "in October."  Word on the street is the owners are looking for cheaper and perhaps smaller space elsewhere on Elmwood.  RealtyUSA is rumored to be taking the space Lu Modern vacated.  RealtyUSA's ="http://www.realtyusa.com/Office/Office.asp?CEQ_OfficeCode=22&VAR_OfficeName=Buffalo

Earlier this month, the Buffalo Preservation Board unanimously recommended that a mixed-use building at a key west side crossroads not be demolished by D'Youville College.  Although non-binding, the recommendation and subsequent discussion by neighborhood residents has caused D'Youville to put its demolition plans for 8 York Street on hold. 

Now the question is whether this building (formerly Annette's Pizzeria, and before that--we swear we're not making this up--a voodoo store) can be retained as part of a developing retail node at "Porter Point ."  The building and its

The Church has got some problems.  How big they are depends on how you measure them, but closings, declining attendance, and (my favorite measure) "good news for the poor" are all down.

A recent post on church buildings led to a discussion on what caused the Church's problems.  Please forgive me for ranting in bullet point fashion--I will likely be more thoughtful next post, but this is more of an emotional response.

Also, please remember that this is a "lover's quarrel" for me.  I believe that

ENrG, Inc, a manufacturer of ceramic components for clean energy systems will be moving to the historic rehab project at 127 Cherry Street recently announced by Rocco Termini.  Termini is joining forces with John Olenick, President/CEO of ENrG to convert the five-story brick warehouse overlooking the Kensington Expressway to office and manufacturing space.  ENrG will be relocating from a City-owned business incubator at 155 Rano Street

Commercial developers are lining up to take advantage of the recently passed NYS historic rehab tax credit benefits.  But the law also provides benefits to individual owners of certified historic homes or commercial buildings for a portion of the costs of approved historic rehabilitations.  Rehabilitation work on historic residential structures may qualify

As you may have noticed, we periodically update our readers on BuffaloRising.com traffic. We've taken the time to assemble a traffic review of the first seven months of 2009 - it sheds some interesting light on local internet traffic trends and larger internet trends. 

From January 1 - July 31, 2009, BuffaloRising.com received 1,319,447 visits - an increase of 17% over the first seven months of 2008.  At the same time, unique visitors have increased 35% to just over 462,000 and

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A well-known Buffalo attorney is moving into a Waterfront Place penthouse.  Stephen Barnes, of Cellino and Barnes PC, closed on the eleventh floor unit in the Pasquale mid-rise tower today.  Barnes paid $1,069,207.33 according to public records for the three-bedroom, 2,728 sq.ft. unit.  A second, top-floor residence with 3,633 sq.ft. of space is sold but has not yet closed.

Approximately two-thirds of Pasquale's 49 units are sold with several