Donut lovers and recyclers are mourning the loss of a local landmark this week. Uniland Development Company tore down the structure that housed Bucks 4 Bottles and formerly Dickie’s Donuts at 1866 Elmwood Avenue. The property at the northwest corner of Elmwood and hertel and those around it are being prepared for Uniland’s planned mixed-use development. The circa-1950 building is being removed, along with old fencing behind it, and the site will be cleared. This is expected to improve the look of the corner and allow for a blank canvas for continued planning. Uniland previously removed part of the industrial…
Author: WCPerspective
The mortgage holder on the AM&A’s property has started foreclosure proceedings on the developer working to convert the project into a Wyndham Hotel. The Buffalo News reports Apollon Groups’ New Horizons Acquisitions is seeking to seize the building from developer Landco after it failed to pay off the mortgage in early November as required. From The News: Apollon, based in Roslyn Heights, N.Y., owned the 10-story complex at 377 Main St. before selling it to the Queens-based Landco in November 2014 for $2.775 million. It then extended Landco a $2.175 million mortgage, at 5 percent interest, with a personal guarantee…
Uniland Development Company has added to a cluster of Theater District properties it owns. The developer purchased the Ellicott Station post office property at 677-701 Washington Street today for $3.05 million. It is adjacent to and across from other properties Uniland owns on the western edge of the Theater District. The post office building contains 9,408 sq.ft. and sits on a 1.99 acre site. Uniland will be constructing a new facility for the post office next door along Washington Street, east of its office building at 520 Ellicott Street and north of the existing post office. “This was a unique opportunity…
Finishing touches are being added to the Ellicott-Goodrich parking ramp on the Medical Campus. The Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (BNMC) tore down the site’s aging 900-space ramp that was owned by the City and is replacing it with a new ramp with 1,814 spaces spread across eight levels. A skybridge connects the fourth level of the ramp to the second floor of the John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital to the south. Revenue from the$45 million ramp is expected to reach $15 million over the next 30 years and BNMC and City will each receive 40 percent of the funds. Residents…
A rare townhouse project is underway in the Elmwood Village. Developer Skyline Centro is building five townhouses on the site of a parking lot at 197 West Utica Street and has hit the largely untapped market at a good time. Four of the units are already under contract. The development is across the street from the Elmwood Crossing project, Ellicott Development and Sinatra & Company’s reuse of the former Women & Children’s Hospital campus. The three-story townhouses will each be around 2,000 sq.ft. and feature a two-car garage and rooftop terrace. Each will have three bedrooms: one on the first…
The Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation has selected Sinatra & Company Real Estate as preferred developer for two parcels on the South Aud Block, adjacent to the Explore & More Children’s Museum. Sinatra’s “Heritage Point” would include two buildings of up to five stories and include 71,000 square feet of retail and office space along with 41 market rate and affordable apartments. They would be built on Parcels A2.2 and A2.3 below. “Sinatra & Company’s planned buildings will further activate the site and diversify the neighborhood offerings, attractions and opportunities at Canalside, while retaining historic touches,” said ECHDC Chairman Robert Gioia. “Heritage…
The Mentholatum at 1360 Niagara Street is a real head-turner during the day and is just as impressive at night. Ciminelli Real Estate Corporation converted the former Mentholatum Company into a mix of apartments and 4,107 sq.ft. of retail space in a one-story wing on the north side of the building. The $19 million project designed by CJS Architects welcomed its first tenants early this year. The building offers 49 residences: 37 one-bedroom, one-bath apartments and 12 two-bedroom, two-bath units. Two of the units on the first floor include woodwork from the former executive offices and original details in the…
The yellow umbilical cord of life has been spotted on the west side of the C.W. Miller Livery Stable, signaling the start of renovation work at the historic building. The six-story former horse stable, located at 73 W. Huron Street, will be a second Emerson Culinary School. McGuire Development Company and Mark Croce’s Buffalo Development Corporation were selected by the Buffalo Public School District to develop the facility last year. The 80,000 sq.ft. school in the Buffalo Hospitality District will complement the existing Emerson School on W. Chippewa Street, creating an easily accessible urban campus for students and faculty, which…
Residential projects in Waterfront Village, on Gates Circle and on upper Niagara Street will be reviewed by the Planning Board on Monday. They will bring 95 apartments and 32 townhouses to market if approved as proposed. The largest of the three is a 10-story apartment building at 990 Niagara Street. The project includes the renovation of an existing two-story building on the site, a ten-story new building with 95 residential units, enclosed parking for 170 cars and 6,000 sq.ft. of retail space. In response to community engagement, at least 20 percent of the units will be restricted as affordable. Roger…
Seth Amman is determined to make a difference in Buffalo. His new architectural firm, Arch&Type, is focused on “design with a balanced concern for social connection, ecology, neighborhood contribution, and sustainable financial return.” Active in architecture, urban design, and non-profit organizations, Seth works to develop strategies to enhance design that benefits local communities with beautiful and sustainable design. He works with clients (see interior of Remedy House and Park Street carriage house) but is also breaking into the development field himself. “My vision for Arch&Type is to be an architect-led design firm that develops and designs, affordable, sustainable housing that promotes…