Tag: Downtown Residential
thursday july 12th 2007
Road Show: Buffalo City Tower
In order to sell a concept, you have to be able to show off the concept 'properly'. We have seen renderings of the Buffalo City Tower, but how far do a couple of renderings go? That is why Bashar Issa decided to commission Cannon Design to build a 3-dimensional video that would showcase the Buffalo City Tower in realistic light.
What would The Tower look like as you approached it from street level? How would it feel to be able to walk into the grand lobby with the terra-cotta walls? What would an office layout resemble? How would The Tower function in relationship with neighboring buildings? And what would a view look like as seen from the upper floors of The Tower? These are the feelings that Bashar wants his potential clients to feel as he sells his vision to out-of-state companies. “As a matter of fact, the 3D-design was completed for one company in particular,” Bashar told me. "A prospect tenant that has expressed a serious interested in being THE anchor tenant. This company wou…
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thursday july 5th 2007
Free Downtown Housing Tour on Saturday
Wondering what it might be like to live downtown and avoid the grind of morning commutes? Looking for innovative ideas for decorating an ordinary living room? You’ve heard and read about all of the new downtown residential projects, on Saturday from 11 am until 4 pm you can see first-hand nine of the projects in this exciting housing surge, including four projects that opened this year. This is the second year the tour is being conducted as part of Old Home Week.
The free tour will feature units at The Belesario, Ellicott Commons, Ellicott Lofts, Elsinghorst Building, IS Lofts, Lofts @ Elk Terminal, Oak School Lofts, St. Mary’s Square condos, and Warehouse Lofts.
wednesday july 4th 2007
Related Group to Build in Buffalo?
Is one of the country’s largest condo developers eyeing Buffalo for a loft/condo project? That appears to be the case if a story in this week’s South Florida Business Journal is accurate. A story on The Related Group, Florida's top multi-family developer and largest Hispanic-owned business in the United States, suggests Buffalo as the type of market appropriate for its line of ‘Loft-brand’ mid-priced condos. The developer has found success with four Loft-branded condos in downtown Miami and is looking to take the concept to other cities, like Buffalo.
wednesday june 20th 2007
Downtown Apartment Project Targets Students
Developers have unveiled plans to convert the dormant Alling & Cory warehouse at Elm and North Division streets into apartments geared towards students attending Erie Community College downtown. A total of 80 units would occupy the L-shpaed, 102,000 sq.ft., six-story brick and concrete structure and two smaller buildings on the site. East Amherst-based Regent Developments Inc. of East Amherst is proposing the $15 million conversion project.
friday june 15th 2007
Lofts @ Elk Terminal Wrapping Up
First Amherst Development is putting the finishing touches on the pioneering Lofts @ Elk Terminal project in the Cobblestone District. With construction on the final 18 luxury lofts nearing completion, the developer has retained Dave Majewski’s Premium Services Inc. to add some green to the food warehouse turned 70-unit loft complex. The horticulture and landscape design firm created and is installing a unique and fully sustainable landscape program on the property.
friday june 8th 2007
Drab to Fab on Delaware
Say 'goodbye' to the dull 1970’s Thaddeus J. Dulski Federal Office Building and 'hello' to the newly christened “200 Delaware Avenue.” UniQuest, a partnership of Uniland Development and Acquest Development, has unveiled its plans for the vacant building located at the corner of Delaware and Huron Street. The structure will be getting a sleek blue glass façade as part of a $60 million make-over into a mix of office, residential and hotel space.
thursday june 7th 2007
Downtown Housing Tour Properties Announced
We temporarily divert all this chatter about speculative development proposed on Gates Circle uptown to focus on where residential development is happening: Downtown! Hundreds of people have moved into over a dozen new downtown residential projects in recent years and organizers of Old Home Week are inviting you inside during the second annual Downtown Housing Tour.
