Another residential conversion project may be coming to the Theater District. Shea’s Performing Arts Center CEO Brian Higgins says that the six-story office building at 700 Main Street is under contract and will be repurposed into 54 market rate apartments. He also revealed that the buyer is Alexander Mejean of Third Nature Capital which is converting 505 Pearl Street directly behind it into 53 apartments and commercial space. Higgins let the news leak at a Buffalo Place meeting covered by The Buffalo News: Higgins said he’s also been told that another building at 700 Main St., behind Saturn Rings, is…
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Letter To The Editor by Gregory Leonard: A 24 pump station with additional diesel pumps and a substantial cannabis retail operation is fundamentally at odds with the transformation that has been underway in the Ohio Street neighborhood (learn more). Substantial private and public investment and effort has been expended to create a more family-friendly, entertainment and recreation-based waterfront environment. It is probable that the scale and location of the gas station complex will seriously undermine that investment and discourage further positive development. At this point, I believe the City should make a genuine last-ditch effort to find a better solution.…
Construction is underway on a Enterprise Car Rental facility at 1582 Main Street. Plans call for a one-story, 1,596-sq.ft. office building fronting Main Street, an accessory car wash building, and parking to support vehicle rental operations. The site will be enclosed by fencing. Four variances were approved by the Zoning Board of Appeals in December: The project application at the time justified the variances by stating “the Project will revitalize a vacant site, create new employment opportunities, and enhance the streetscape along Main Street without adverse impact to adjacent properties. The requested relief is modest, practical, and consistent with the…
A mixed-used building constructed in 2007 has been sold for $1.7 million. 506 Elmwood Avenue purchased the namesake property from FJF Development LLC. Architect/Developer Karl Frizlen has been selling his multi-family projects throughout the City over the past year. 506 Elmwood LLC is registered to Matthew C. LaFlair of Orchard Park. In July he purchased the Black Rock Freight House located at 68 Tonawanda Street from Frizlen and partners for $5.8 million. 506 Elmwood features nine apartments and 4,200 sq.ft. of commercial space. Matthew Hartrich, managing partner and licensed real estate broker at Schneider Real Estate Services, represented the seller.
Belmont Housing Resources is moving forward with plans for five single-family homes in the Masten District. The residences will be constructed at 91, 98, 115, and 123 Laurel Street and 286 Masten Avenue. They will be sold to income-eligible first-time homebuyers. Four of the homes will be two-stories plans with three bedrooms, two and a half baths and 1,773 sq.ft. of living space. The one-story, three bedroom, two bathroom home at 98 Laurel will be 1,442 sq.ft. with a detached garage. The corner home at 286 Masten will also have a detached garage at the rear accessed from Laurel Street.…
Catholic Health and Mercy Hospital of Buffalo are proposing a daycare center at the northwest corner of Abbott Road and Salem Street. The nearly 7,000 sq.ft. building would serve the nearby Mercy Hospital of Buffalo workforce as well as the surrounding community. From the Project Application: This project includes the demolition of the existing two-story building and redeveloped into a new 6,898 sf one-story daycare structure located to the property lines along both Abbott Rd. and Salem St. The existing structure, front lawn trees, and paved surface parking lot shall be completely removed from the 0.34 acre parcel. Improvements include…
Ten years after bringing Buffalo’s architecture, industrial landscape, and noir-ready atmosphere to the screen, The American Side is returning home for a special anniversary presentation. The locally filmed mystery thriller will screen at Silo City on Saturday, September 26, at 7:30 p.m., followed by a Q&A with filmmakers Jenna Ricker and Greg Stuhr. Shot entirely in Western New York, The American Side follows private detective Charlie Paczynski as a mysterious death at Niagara Falls draws him into a conspiracy surrounding a lost invention by Nikola Tesla. The fast-moving story combines classic detective fiction with speculative science, Cold War intrigue, and…
Work on the Hispanic Heritage Cultural Institute at the northwest corner of Niagara and Hudson streets is ongoing. The three-story, 37,000 sq.ft., $30 million building is being developed by the Hispanic Heritage Council of Western New York. The complex will include a museum and art gallery and a performing arts center, which is planned to be the new home of the Raiices Theatre Company. The theatre will host various productions, panels, and speaker series, and will be available to the community to rent. The theatre will serve the community as a multifunctional assembly space and will be open to local…
Exterior work on the Iroquois Lofts project is nearly complete and the building looks amazing.. Rochester-based Park Grove Realty is putting 64 apartments into the Iroquois Door Company building at 619 Exchange Street. Park Grove purchased the 81,500 sq.ft. complex in May 2019 for $1.45 million. Passero Associates is project architect. A mix of unit sizes is planned ranging from 533 sq.ft. junior one-bedroom apartments to a two-bedroom unit with 1,907 sq.ft. of living space. Apartments will include stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, hardwood flooring in the main living area and carpeting in the bedrooms, in-unit washer and dryer, and walk-in showers. Pre-leasing…
Work is ongoing at ROAR Logistics’ future headquarters on Niagara Street. ROAR, a leading provider of integrated transportation solutions, is moving its headquarters from 535 Exchange Street to the former Oliver Gear complex at 1120 Niagara Street. Carmina Wood Design is the architect on the adaptive reuse project. A warehouse building located at 1106-1110 Niagara was demolished to make way for the project. The one-story building was located between 1120 Niagara Street and the Curtiss Malt House at 1100 Niagara that was purchased by Rich Products from Douglas Development. The Malt House is currently receiving a new roof. ROAR has…