BUDC launches phase four of construction at Northland Corridor - Buffalo Business First
BUDC authorizes $1.7M for new issues at Northland
- Buffalo Urban Development Corp. is investing more than $56 million to revitalize the Northland Corridor.
- Phase three and four projects will deliver over 120,000 square feet of industrial space by late 2027.
- The Northland Workforce Training Center serves as a catalyst for attracting tenants to the new industrial hub.
Holiday Valley plans $5M in seasonal investments, upgrades
Winter may have ended, but activity never seems to at Holiday Valley.
Unstable weather notwithstanding, the four-season resort in Ellicottville is turning its attention to warmer seasons with a series of equipment upgrades and remodeling to prepare for summer guests and next winter.
The resort – best known for its skiing but also featuring golf, hiking, an aerial park and pool – is planning to spend more than $4.68 million on infrastructure and equipment improvements for everything from snow-making machinery and new lift houses to Adirondack chairs, new TVs and golf carts.
Buffalo Next: State program funds building upgrades in Falls
The owners of five small businesses and buildings in Niagara Falls have completed renovation projects designed to improve their properties, using a state-supported grant program funded by a public-private collaboration to revitalize commercial buildings in mixed-use business districts.
The Niagara Falls Small Business Property Improvement Grant Program has provided more than $370,000 in grant money to six eligible projects so far, using a $5 million fund that was established and announced by Gov. Kathy Hochul in November 2023. Those projects, located on Pine Avenue, Main Street and downtown Niagara Falls, total more than $758,600 in project costs.
Buffalo’s independent media arts scene is getting another big boost. Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center has announced that it is in the process of expanding, by adding an additional 3000 SF of space (totaling 5800 SF).
In order to do this, Squeaky Wheel will expand into a new space on the third floor of the Tri-Main Center (2495 Main Street). The additional allotment of studio space will allow the non-profit to build out a larger media classroom, equipment library, and gallery, while creating several flexible spaces for education and media production. In the process, the cultural institution will be upgrading its equipment for exhibitions, screenings, and workshops. All of this is being made possible thanks to Erie County Cultural Capital Grant Program and the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Good Carbon pursues Fredonia apartment renovation project
Good Carbon LLC, led by CEO Adam Serbert, is redeveloping the former Middlesex Garden Apartments, creating 40 updated one- and two-bedroom rental units, priced to be affordable for households earning 80% of the area median income.
Located at 343 Central Ave., the 34,596-square-foot complex consists of six two-story, detached red-brick Colonial Revival-style buildings, plus two multicar brick garages. Some of the existing one-bedroom and one-bathroom units are being converted into two-bedroom layouts, so the final mix will consist of 16 one-bedroom and 24 two-bedroom apartments. The complex also includes 44 surface and 14 garage spaces, with basement laundry facilities.
Ryan administration compiling list of vacant properties
When he was campaigning last year, Buffalo Mayor Sean Ryan frequently talked about the need to do something about the ever-expanding list of vacant or abandoned lots, buildings and fallow land across the city.
Now that he is in City Hall, he is aiming to take steps that would pressure the owners of those properties to either improve or sell them.
Ryan said his administration will compile and publish a list of the properties, the first step of what he hopes will be a process that eventually solves a problem that has plagued the city. The owners of the properties, which are scattered across the city from downtown to its residential neighborhoods, have been holding onto them, in many cases for years, in hopes of eventually being able to cash in with a redevelopment or sale. They are paying the taxes on them, demonstrating that they are aware of their responsibility, Ryan said.
Presentation of Eight New Train Station Designs by UB Small Built Works - Buffalo Rising
Eight new Train Station designs have been proposed by students from the UB Small Built Works program. Over the course of four semesters, the vision for the train stations have come together, and will now be showcased thanks to a presentation led by Citizens for Regional Transit.
- Citizens for Regional Transit has been advocating for a Downtown-to-Airport line for 60-years.
- UB Small Built Works has been working for four semesters to develop mapping and station designs to help CRT’s advocacy.
Salvation Army gets Baird Foundation grant for Hope On Main
The Salvation Army's Hope On Main redevelopment project in the Allentown neighborhood got a financial boost this week, after the Baird Foundation awarded a $50,000 grant for the project.
Hope On Main is a three-part, $100 million redevelopment of the nonprofit's campus along Main Street, designed to modernize the facilities and allow the agency to better serve its clients. The first phase, a $20 million replacement of the emergency shelter, is underway, after crews demolished one of the campus' five buildings at the southernmost end.
(This is a little out of our area but I thought it was cool)
New designs for High Falls Terrace show the beginnings of how a new state park could develop at the northern edge of downtown Rochester.
The designs, and detail of the first phase, are expected to be laid out during an open house event Tuesday beginning at 4 p.m. at La Luna, 60 Browns Race. The 2.5-mile-long High Falls State Park will largely exist in the Genesee River gorge, extending north from High Falls.
This initial project is part of a $75 million investment and construction is set to begin in the fall.