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The new home for Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) will save and renovate a long vacant historically significant building at Main and Ferry. The first floor will provide 3,000 square feet of accessible office space for HOME. For the first time HOME will have its’ own space. They are currently located at 700 Main Street in the Theater District.
The second and third floors will provide ten units of barrier-free energy-efficient affordable housing for low income families. Modest rents from the apartments will help HOME move toward the goal of self-sufficiency.
When I started this thread a year ago, I should've included the entire city. So, what you posted is great! There have been more construction projects announced or starting construction in the past few weeks than the past few months! Really incredible... What recession?
There is quite a bit of construction lately in Downtown Buffalo. Cranes are seen in various areas for new projects and towers. It really feels as if Buffalo has finally turned the corner and is looking to the future.
The former Dulski Federal Building, then called 200 Delaware, now the new official name - the Avant, which means forward in French, is speeding ahead to completion. They named it the "Avant" to portray the fact that Buffalo is looking to the future.
The rehabilitaion of the 16 story, 400,000 sq.ft. building will be completed by June 1st 2009. It will include a 150 room Embassy Suites Hotel, 37 condo units, and 128,000 sq.ft. of office space. Will be the first ALL glass building in Buffalo.
From this:
To THIS:
The New Federal Courthouse:
Construction on the $123 million, 10-story glass structure began last October and should be completed by mid-2010 under current plans. New York City-based Kohn Pederson Fox Architects designed the 268,000 sq.ft. building. The firm also designed M&T Center at Fountain Plaza (former Goldome) and the new Buffalo Niagara International Airport terminal.
The giant lattice-boom hydraulic crane has a lifting capacity of 275-tons and can reach to 400 feet. Steel work is expected to take four months.
soon to be...
Waterfront Place Tower:
Waterfront Place will feature a 13-story tower with 49 condominium units and 15, three-story townhomes built adjacent to a private park. Having all condos in the tower already taken, work on yet another tower, a twin to the first, will be going up by next year.
Should be finished by September:
Last, the Buffalo Creek Casino:
Work continues on the $333 million casino complex, the most expensive private-sector real estate development in Buffalo’s history. The project includes a 206-suite, 22-story luxury hotel tower, a 90,000 sq.ft. gaming hall and 2500 space parking facility. Steel work is now underway.
(from Buffalorising.com)
Soon to be by summer 2009:
These are the main great projects all underway or near completion in Downtown Buffalo. It is certainly generating a lot of excitement around town.
Seeing all this makes me want to cry! I want to come home NOW! When I left my family yesterday I was in tears. Living near family and everything you've grown up with is so comforting. I only wish there were more high paying jobs (I'm an executive VP for a very large retail company) so I could move home!
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