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Barons of Buffalo
Last week I spent some time traveling around the city with a handful of Buffalo's latest real estate investors. The Sacramento/Buffalo contingent has been busy buying up se... Continue Reading
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Andrew
this is great! put some bandits games on too while you're at it
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Andrew
How did we go from saving a great building to anti-semitism? This is a great step foward for the area just to the west of richmond ave! score for buffalo
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davvid
such snobs
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GDC
How it went down is something we have been debating for years...NOW, let's try and improve Main Street. Who is Promoting this part of town to Retailers right now? Let's focus on that, improve the area and MA...
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Rez
it's a good start when we preserve the genesis location that did more for Buffalo than any other project in this cities history. I love going down there and studing the historic photographs and comparing the...
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benfranklin's Comments
Sam Savarino, Man of the Hour
Colin, I'm fairly certain that at the end of the day, the taxpayers of the city will cover any short fall that Sam or the previous owner incur. If you're not into the preservation thing, I think you'd consider that a shafting. I'm also fairly c…
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Sam Savarino, Man of the Hour
An attorney with no spin....isn't than an accountant? (By the way...the Spin class would have advised against saying 'calling the people he knew at City Hall...'.) If you like this guy so much...stop posting about his actions! You're killing the …
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Sam Savarino, Man of the Hour
Quinn, while I'm sure you're a fine attorney, you seem to have missed the class "LAW 601-Spinning and phrases to avoid using with the commoners". Rather than 'back room deal', how 'bout.."we were fortunate to have someone wth Mr. Savarino's exper…
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Sam Savarino, Man of the Hour
hey lulu, a few weeks ago I posted about making this transaction more transparent, but we were told it was best that the decisions be made 'behind closed doors'. On first glance, great, the old barn was saved. As time goes by, more questions will…
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