Calling All Contractors!
The guys over at SPA Lofts need your help! For those of you who havenit been paying attention, SPA Lofts is a project located at 9 Genesee Street that would see a three-story building fronting on Roosevelt Plaza turned into two apartments plus commercial space. Five friends with no development experience have decided to contribute to downtownis renaissance. Theyive even set up a blog to share their journey.
Well, the bids are in and the costs are higher than expected. They need your help finding lower-priced reputable general contractors that you know and/or have used. Hereis your chance to help advance a project by the ilittle guys.i Contact Andy with your ideas and recommended contractors.
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Thomas Marks
I think this is a big problem for us "small guys" trying to get something done downtown. It would be great to find some contractors willing to work with us at reasonable prices.
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John B
What about making the two apartments into condos?
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martin kemp
good luck, in the past 2 years since moving here, i have worked wth many large firms and independent contactors, I have yet to come across one I would recomend in the end, I am sure they are out there, just have not had any luck myself in finding them.
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Andy
John, turning the apartments into condos is an option that we just started thinking about last night. I don't yet know what is involved from a legal point of view, but I think this might be a great option for us. I get the impression from this forum that there is a definite interest in condos. I'll keep everyone posted!
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John B
Andy,
Not sure of your C/B ratios, but, even if you only broke just a bit more than even here, in selling the condos to recoup your costs, you'd have a successfully completed project, to show future angels/bankers.
-John
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Mark Williams
May I suggest...
MMR Construction (General Contractor) Tony Rogers 716-285-5473
Falls Steel Erectors (Structural) Kenny Duncan 716-2855378
Camtech (Plumbing & Piping) John Golba 716-278-0174
Croisdale (Sheetmetal) Mark Croisdale 716-297-5950
Blue Ox (Roofing) Mike Marinucci 716-731-6671
All great and honest guys to work with....
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momo
I have a great one who builds plenty of restaurants and Apartments...He built Toro, Nektar, Lotis among many others... JEG Contracting (716) 876-8686 JOHN KANUTSU 289 Ramsdell Ave Buffalo, NY 14216
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