The Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority and its selected development team have submitted plans to redevelop the Shaffer Village housing development in Riverside for City approval. The Buffalo Equitable Housing Collaborative, which consists of the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority (BMHA), Bridges Development, JHM Group, The Richman Group, and Penman Development Partners are working with HHL Architects and Wendel to implement the project. The project plan aims to improve the existing conditions of Shaffer Village. The existing site is a “super-block” campus, with no public streets, a dense building layout, a lack of architectural diversity, and minimal shared common spaces. From the…
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The City of Buffalo is planning to relocate its public works facilities to a property near Bailey Avenue and Dingens Street. After seeking proposals from developers, the City has chosen Uniland Development to construct the facility on 60 acres of vacant land to be purchased from Norfolk Southern Corporation. The site consists of two parcels to be created on the west side of Bailey Avenue, south of William Street and opposite Dingens Street. Public works services including equipment storage, maintenance facilities and administrative offices will relocate to the new modern facility vacating the Broadway Barns at 195 Broadway and allowing…
Emmy-nominated, multi-platinum selling musician and composer Ben Folds announced the return of his popular Paper Airplane Request Tour, performing solo shows across the U.S. including a stop this fall at The University at Buffalo Center for the Arts on Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for this show go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 3, 2024 at ubcfa.org, Ticketmaster or in person at the Center for the Arts Ticket Office. Please visit benfolds.com for more information. “We are off to a great start for fall 2024 with presenting Ben Folds,” said Jamie Enser, CFA Executive Director.…
For the first time in years, a commercial space at a prominent downtown corner is available for lease. The TGI Fridays restaurant space located in the Holiday Inn Express & Suites at the northeast corner of Main and Chippewa Streets is on the market. A closing date for the restaurant has not been announced. From the listing: Former 9,648 restaurant with 156 seats. The restaurant has a separate entrance to the street and is also connected to a 146- room Holiday Inn Express & Suites. The restaurant has multiple indoor seating areas, outdoor patio seating, and a large u-shaped bar.…
THE BASICS: MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG runs April 26 – May 12, Thurs & Fri 7:30 p.m., Sat 8 p.m., Sun 2 p.m. at the Shea’s Smith Theater, 658 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14202. (716) 847-1410. Click here for tickets. RUNTIME: 170 minutes with a 15 minute intermission THUMBNAIL SKETCH: An entertaining story told chronologically backward about the demise of friendship between composer Franklin Shepard, writer Mary Flynn and lyricist & playwright Charley Kringas. Merrily We Roll Along is a story of the changing tides of friendship, as well as the temptations and difficult choices that come along with being…
Douglas Development is working with the City of Buffalo on an application for state funding to assist with redevelopment of the Statler Hotel. If awarded, the $3.5 million grant under the Restore NY Communities Initiative would be used to remove an old vault in the structure’s basement, create parking within the building, and repairs and installation of sidewalk infrastructure and curbing surrounding the building. Removal of the vault is required to create basement parking. Douglas Development plans to transform the remaining upper vacant floors to create 213 hotel rooms, 22,582 sq.ft. of retail space, 100,000 sq.ft. of office space, 222…
Hop top it! Award-winning author and MacArthur genius Kiese Laymon is paying a visit to the Kleinhans stage for the season finale of Just Buffalo Literary Center’s BABEL author series later today, April 25th. Laymon, a Black southern writer from Jackson, Mississippi, is the author of the award-winning memoir Heavy, the groundbreaking essay collection How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, and the genre-defying novel Long Division. In his observant, often hilarious work, Laymon battles with the personal and the political: race and family, body and shame, poverty and place. His savage humor and clear-eyed perceptiveness have earned…
The Preservation Board will be reviewing plans for a single-family residence proposed for an odd-shaped parcel located at 92 Trinity Place today. The site is within the Allentown Historic Preservation District. Architect Brad Wales designed the modern cottage-style home for owner James Horn. The one-bedroom residence has approximately 750 square feet of living space and a full front porch.
Cornerstone Group, Ltd. and partner Community Preservation Partners are wrapping up renovations at Ellicott Park Townhomes, a near East Side affordable housing development. Units are now available for lease. Ellicott Park Townhomes, built in 1967, is a 220-unit family Section 8 (68% or 150 units) affordable housing community located in twenty-one two-story wood frame with brick façade townhouse style buildings located at the southwest corner of William and Hickory streets. The residences are within easy walking distance to downtown. Work on the one and two-bedroom units included ADA unit conversions, air sealing, door replacements, new flooring throughout, kitchen upgrades (new…
A vacant site on Genesee Street is targeted for a ten-unit senior citizen apartment project. Miracle Missions Full Gospel Church, located at 406 Sycamore Street, is seeking to buy three City-owned parcels at 440-450 Genesee Street to construct the $2 million project. The church is working with Karen Hargrove of Loguen Development Corporation on the project. The Office of Strategic Planning is seeking Common Council approval to enter into a Designated Developer Agreement with the team to purchase and develop the properties. The ten apartments would be targeted to low-to-moderate income seniors ages 62 and older. Ten off-street parking spaces…