Robert Nuchereno has been trying for more than 20 years to get a large commercial development project done on a big property he owns just north of Wehrle Drive in Amherst.
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After years of protests and legal wrangling, construction has begun on People Inc.'s $42 million project to convert a former senior residence in Williamsville to mixed-income housing.
The project, involving several properties and existing buildings on three streets, is expected to add between 400 and 600 apartments to the city's downtown, along with ground-floor retail space and two more floors of parking.
Dubbed Abbott Lofts, the 39,416-square-foot building would contain 24 one-bedroom and 12 two-bedroom apartments on the upper three floors, with 5,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space for two neighborhood retail tenants.
The buildings would be targeted toward a mixture of small commercial services, boutique shops and salons, with a coffee shop at the end building, as well as an outdoor seating area and room for a building addition for a kitchen.
Dubbed Playter Gardens at the Market, the $25 million project would redevelop 2.4 acres of properties with affordable and supportive housing options, with services provided by the Matt Urban Center.
The Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus has strenuously objected since last year to the plan by BFC Partners to construct the new residential building, and has repeatedly sued to block the project and overturn the previous municipal approvals.
A pair of Niagara Street buildings and a former car wash on Main Street are poised to come down, as two different developers prepare to clear the sites for a new housing project on the West Side and a retail building at East Ferry Street.
The city is moving forward with a plan to designate the Mohawk Ramp, the former Simon Electric properties and three buildings on Main Street as a blighted area deserving of tax incentives, in order to advance Douglas Jemal's effort to redevelop them.
Savarino Development Corp. is proposing to clean up and redevelop the former Gleason Nursery landscaping property at 4774 and 4780 Sheridan Drive.
A short East Side street with an abundance of vacant, city-owned lots is poised for a $25 million makeover, as a pair of affordable housing developers seek to create 73 new residential units on 37 parcels.
The long-planned redevelopment of a former Broadway school into 65 affordable apartments, along with 22 more townhomes on three nearby streets, is moving ahead, after a series of design changes.
Four companies are coming together from four locations to a single vacant industrial site at 300 Scajaquada St., off Bailey Avenue, near the former American Axle & Manufacturing plant.
Stitch Buffalo, a growing 9-year-old nonprofit that started as an embroidery workshop for refugee women on the West Side, is now poised to get a new and much larger home on the ground floor of a renovated Plymouth Avenue building, where its founder hopes to expand its efforts to bring immigrant communities together.
The 1.1-acre site is located at 1225-1227, 1233, 1239 and 1245 Niagara St., 82-90 Breckenridge and 72 and 76 Gelston.
Developer SAA-EVI, which already received approval from the Planning Board in January to put up new affordable townhomes on Ashley, Person and Peck streets near its School 44 project, is now coming back to the panel on Monday to modify those plans. Meanwhile, Sorrento Lactalis Inc. wants to combine four properties along South Park Avenue into one, as part of the company's planned $32 million expansion project at its South Buffalo whey processing plant.
Dubbed the Rowhouses of Lockport, the project would bring 66 new market-rate apartments in a pair of new buildings, along with a blend of retail, office and restaurant space, as well as five floors of parking.
Known for its burgers and cocktails, Mister Sizzle’s will offer lunch and dinner service.
Benderson Development Co. won final approval Thursday night from the Amherst Planning Board for a complete overhaul of its Amherst Commerce Center, bringing not only the region's first Costco store, but also a new Dick's House of Sports.
Muafaq "Lucky" Majid, whose businesses include food stores and cellphone sales, is seeking to rehab and expand his concrete-block-and-frame building, which currently hosts a mini-mart and a mechanical garage.
"My client wishes to stay anonymous until the closing takes place," said Matthew Moscati, of TRM Architects.
Christopher Wan's $10 million plan to redevelop a long-neglected corner on the edge of downtown Buffalo and Allentown into apartments and shops got the go-ahead this week from the Buffalo Planning Board.
The developers behind the conversion of the former Women's and Children's Hospital of Buffalo into Elmwood Crossing were treated Monday to a rare occurrence for a major construction project: praise from the often prickly Elmwood Village community.
Officials hope to break ground soon at the northwest corner of Niagara and Hudson streets, with 18 months of construction before anticipated completion in fall 2024.
Jemal, who is trying to bring the rest of the Statler back to life, is adding another 30 hotel rooms and more than 100 additional apartments to the historic complex on Delaware Avenue.