200 Delaware Project Advances
The developers have slightly changed the building's planned glass and metal façade. A 15 foot wide strip of glass in the middle of the existing mechanical tower has been added to bring natural light into the reception areas on each floor. With internal walls, the building will not be as “see through” as the rendering depicts, but the reflectivity of the glass will be low, and transparency and energy efficiency high. Patio space for a ground-floor restaurant will be located along Delaware Avenue.
Remediation work is more than 50 percent complete. The building’s current concrete panels are expected to start coming down within the next two weeks.
Canisius High School’s expansion plans were also approved by the Planning Board yesterday. Uniland, working with Hamilton Houston Lownie Architects, has been retained by the school to design and build a new field house and math and science wing on the Delaware Avenue campus.
"We appreciate the City working so cooperatively and efficiently to bring these projects through. It took the input of hundreds of neighbors and professional to prepare both projects for presentation. That they were approved on the same day is great news for everyone involved,” says Michael Montante, Vice President of Uniland Development Co.
Thirty-seven condos on floors 13 through 15 will have balconies. Prices are anticipated to be in the $300,000 to $1 million plus range for units of 1,000 to 3,000+ sq.ft.. Residential sales will start in the spring when the Attorney General approval process is expected to be complete. Email Uniland’s Judi Griggs to be added to the project’s interest list.
Completion of 200 Delaware is anticipated in early 2009.
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chris69
I never thought that the concrete exterior was all that bad but Im just glad that its not being demolished.
I only wish that Buffalo could get 3-4 more equivalents of the Dulski in height and of course the jobs that go with it.
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MRodgers
Great to see this is going ahead - a welcome adaptive reuse for our area!
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hamp
I like the project.
One thing I don't like is the proposed curb cut on Delaware to facilitate the hotel drop off. This poses dangers to walkers and bikers, and detracts from the streets pedestrian quality. The same happened at New Era.
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Joshua
Very interesting - I wouldn't think you could change the building that much. I really like the windows, since it gives the building a more futuristic feel, very cool. I'm assuming that the hotel will take up floors 1-12 then?
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buffalogal
Hotel is floors 1-7. Class A office on 8-12 (and there is preliminary agreement already on 50,000 square feet) 37 condos on 13-15. The 15th floor has 21 foot floor to ceiling clearnace. Incredible views. The hotel drop off point on Delaware is necessary for valet parking - which will be offered 24/7 in order to maximize the space in the underground parking.
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sbrof
It is the style of rendering that pushed the roadway to a higher importance than the sidewalk that bothers me most. Where does it go? Are they planning on asphalting right over the sidewalk? Obviously not but that rendering does show you where their priorities lie. God forbid we actually remember there is a sidewalk in this city.
Reminds be of the parking lot just across the street, the asphalt there literally has eaten one of the strips of sidewalk.
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Martin
Very cool project!
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flyguy
Cant we get someone to sue? Shouldnt this project be held up in court like 50 Court or the Gates Condo Tower? My god our lawyers and lawmen in the area are gonna be sad this Thanksgiving season. I think the superheating off the glass will surely melt nearby neighborhoods and that addition off the top of the building there will certainly create wind disturbances that will surely lift womens dresses as they walk by on the ground creating horrible situations of indecent exposure. My god the children! Ahhhhhh Ahhhhhh Ahhhhhh My god the implications of this project will be epic. Also, as the Grand Island Bridges look too much like the sky and will cause many plane crashes I feel this building is much too similar to a typical winter day sky and will result in many plane crashes as well.
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Bizzles
" Also, as the Grand Island Bridges look too much like the sky and will cause many plane crashes I feel this building is much too similar to a typical winter day sky and will result in many plane crashes as well."
omg I'm in tears after reading that LOL
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Spaulding97
So there's no more blue tint in the glass?
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BuffaloSoldier
Please bring the first floor of the buildling as close to Delaware Ave as possible. Let create and urban synergy and not a suburban isolation. This would also enhance the noticibility of the building's first floor from Chippewa and Niagara Square.
Why is the curb cut on Delaware? Isnt the main entrance to the building on Huron?
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bison716
I like the new rendering, but miss the blue tint...oh well, Good job - congrats! keep it moving.
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nyc
The facade looks much better. Blue tinted glass was so 1992. Does anyone really like the blue glass on the corner of main and chippewa? It looks offensive to me.
And architects have the tendency to erase the sidewalk in their renderings. The sidewalk better be there! But it is too bad they are adding that curb cut.
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DumpsterKid
Embassy Suites are very nice hotels, its top of the line before you hit the luxury hotel level. Gotta love those fake streams that run through the lobby.
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rb66
According to the architect, the plan is to make this the first "GREEN" building in Buffalo.
It may be the first building in Buffalo to have a recycling chute system.
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hamp
I like this building, but it is missing a great opportunity to better engage the city, and give something back that will help enliven Delaware Ave..
Why can't the driveway have both entry and exit on Huron? A green building needs to do more than save energy. It needs to promote walkable, pedestrian scaled neighborhoods. This building fails that test because it is designed for the automobile. A more pedestrian oriented building would go right to the sidewalk.
This concern has been voiced over and over, but for whatever reason the developer does not wish to engage the city with this building. That is a missed opportunity that baffles me.
And what is the public getting for their multi-million dollar investment in this thing? Is a nice streetscape asking for too much?
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nyc
It would be much safer to have all cars entering and exiting on Huron rather then stopping mid block on Delaware to turn left into the hotel drop off. that (frequent curb cuts) is what makes Transit road and Niagara falls Blvd feel so chaotic and congested as mentioned previous posts. It would look nicer too. and pulling the first floor or two to the street would do great things for delaware - especially once the court building opens and other planned office development which would result in higher pedestrian traffic.
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MRodgers
I sent this to a VP of Builders Bank in California. he thought it was a tremendous improvement amd project for Buffalo, having lived in the area during his university years. And, flyguy, he first quesioned your comment, but after I explained the Gates Condo situation, he thought it was hilarious.
As I was driving home from work tonight, I looked at the buildings to my left and saw the frontlines of New Era, Dulski, and Hampton. I truly do not think the Dulski is too far back. In fact, I think the slight jut away from Delaware made an interesting view. I also thought that Buffalo never looked better. Can't wait for the big finish on this one!
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pgf1948
So maybe this blog has an impact on the powers that be. Big improvement over Big Foot of a month or so ago.
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buffalogal
No doubt that the ideas and people in this space have tremendous influence and input on people who care about this city, but we as a community can't take credit for the evolving design on this building . As has been said here and to the Planning Board on the first meeting, the earlier renderings were a work in progress. One more thing as to the "public money" comments - keep in mind that it is money for the enviromental remediation of the building not the development . This structure was challenged to the extent that local governments passed on taking it for free/ For the last several months , before the remediation funding assistance was granted, crews have been stripping everything down to clean shell. From uninhabitable to going for LEED certification is a big , expensive step. The environmental assistance is a much appreciated, but small piece of the total pie.
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hamp
While I think this project will be a great addition to the city, I find the statement that "we as a community can't take credit for the evolving design on this building" puzzling. Building plans are supposed to respond to to the public. I have no idea if BR comments impacted the building design. But to suggest that the public had no imput is either not true, or shows a lack of understanding of how a public review process works.
And regarding the public subsidy. It doesn't matter to me that the money was used for asbestos. In fact, the developer went to the state begging for money, and suggesting that the project would not move forward without the money. That's how the private sector works.
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uptownnc704
Ok guys.. There are two things that concern me with this thread. 1. The conversation around sidewalks being non existent. If you look at the rendering the're right there between the curb and the building. They clearly still exist. 2. The demand for buildings closer to the street. It's clear this project is a gut and rehang. Clearly they would have to extend the building to the street. Who would want to do that? Keep in mind this isn't a new building, their using an existing structure.
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buffalogal
Hamp - Let me make clear there was substantial public input in the design and utilty of the building in both public meetings and informal neighborhood discussions. The point I inadequately attempted to make is that there had been problems getting the renderings to reflect the intended design - this is the first rendering that accurately reflects the vision ... The issue was not design change but rendering evolution. I was respoding to the earlier post "So maybe this blog has an impact on the powers that be. Big improvement over Big Foot of a month or so ago. " - I was not referring to the community as a whole, but attempting to gently debunk the idea that there was a design change in response to earlier threads on the project. Sorry for any confusion I may have created.
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