Packard Building Apartments
Hamilton Houston Lownie Architectsi website has a sneak peak at the renovations planned at the Packard Building located at 1325 Main Street in Midtown. Regan Development expects to spend $4.8 million to convert the historic building at the corner of Riley Street into 40 apartments and ground-floor commercial space. There will also be a pocket park created. The circa 1926 building, originally constructed as an auto dealership and for vehicle storage, is currently owned by Cash Realty & Auctions. Work is expected to be complete in 2007.
The project joins a growing list of redevelopment projects in the area including ArtSpace at 1219 Main Street, and the Squire Mansion, home to Literacy Volunteers at 1313 Main.
It is also across the street from the St. Vincentis Female Orphan Asylum recently profiled by STEEL that has incredible redevelopment potential.
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martin kemp
...and more good news
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Pauldub
Someone pumping 4.8 mil into the city? Why isn't this in the local paper? Don't those people have a clue? Good lord! I have only been reading this site for a week or so and I have learned more about Buffalo than I have reading the paper for the last 40 years!
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Edward Street
The paper tends to report on these things a few days after they turn up here. Hey, they still have Donn Esmonde and Rod Watson over there so my subscription to Bflo News stays.
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Pauldub
And Mary Kunz -Something. I love the funnies
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BuffaloRox
Although it does sometimes appear that the News picks up stories from BRO, the News ran a story on this on December 20, 2005 (I checked the archives).
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Rayzor
"And Mary Kunz -Something. I love the funnies"
that's great...although her fiction isn't always amusing
That should become the next New Buffalo drinking game - read her articles and have a shot every time you see an innaccuracy...great way to get drunk!
Does that women realize that she dabbles in fiction or is she just too lazy to fact check? Pehaps she's angling for a job at the NY Times...
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DowntownBflo
I can't stand Don Esmond's articles! They always follow the same exact format adn style of writing. His articles sound as if he is being extremely pessimistic or whining - even when he's discussing something positive that's going on in our city!
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RhodeIslandBoy
Just to clarify, Donn Esmonde is a columnist. He doesn't write articles; he writes columns. They are opinion pieces.
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MJ Worthington
I always enjoyed Esmonde's articles. Before BR came along, he seemed to be one of the few "feel goods" I could find to read.
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BCB
I had the pleasure of working with the firm of Hamilton, Houston & Lownie on a project in the past and they are truly great people to work with on all levels. I am sure this project will be a great success.
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Peter
I do hope that the glass in the rendering isn't representing mirrored glass though.
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