Article via The Buffalo News
By Jonathan D. Epstein | News Business Reporter
After years of abandonment and decay so severe that trees grew through the roof of the six-story building, the former Graystone Hotel in downtown Buffalo has been given new life as a 42-unit apartment complex, following a two-year reconstruction and redevelopment effort by Ellicott Development Co.
The new Graystone Residences open today at noon at 24 South Johnson Park, with a mixture of studio, ...
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The big guns: Who’s who among Buffalo developers
Via The Buffalo News
By Jonathan D. Epstein
It’s a great time to be a developer in Western New York.
After a long period of relative stagnation, the region’s commercial real estate market has surged in the past couple of years, spurred by billions of dollars of investment in the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, Canalside, the Outer Harbor and other initiatives.
From the downtown core to the suburbs, developers are investing private dollars into projects to build new ...
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Construction Watch: 199 Scott Street Gets Windowed
Via Buffalo Rising
Jan 16, 2014 Posted by WCPerspective
The Fairmont Creamery at 199 Scott Street is looking a whole lot better now that the eight-story building has windows.
Ellicott Development is putting office space on the building’s sixth, seventh and eighth floors, thirty apartments on floors three through five, a banquet facility and meeting space on the second floor, and a restaurant on the ground floor. Employee benefits firm Liazon, recently acquired by Towers ...
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Ellicott CEO Bill Paladino featured in Buffalo Business First
Via Buffalo Business First
by James Fink
Bill Paladino’s phone rings a lot.
As CEO of Ellicott Development Co., he’s constantly fielding calls from commercial real estate agents and fellow developers, many offering him choice properties. The calls often lead to deals.
This year was a good example.
In Erie County alone, the company acquired 17 properties totaling about $13.1 million. Ellicott Development’s activity is viewed in many quarters as a sign of ...
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Conversion proposed for empty downtown warehouse
By Jim Fink
Via Buffalo Business First
Vacant for more than a decade, a development plan has emerged for an Elm Street warehouse.
Ellicott Development Co. is proposing to turn the former Jansen Bros. equine supply store into a mixed-use building anchored by first floor commercial office space and five upper-level apartments. Ellicott will be formally presenting its proposal for the building, located at 173 Elm St., to the Buffalo Planning Board on Dec. 17.
Ellicott bought ...
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Apartments and Office Space for 173 Elm Street
Via Buffalo Rising - See Article
Dec 13, 2013 Posted by WCPerspective
Ellicott Development remains on a tear. Representatives for the busy development company will be seeking City Planning Board approval on Tuesday to convert 173 Elm Street into first floor commercial office space and five upper floor apartments. Ellicott Development purchased the vacant four-story building from Bear Den Properties LLC in June for $325,000.
Prior to purchase by Bear Den Properties in 2008, ...
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Development Watch: Ellicott Development Happenings
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Dec 6, 2013 Posted by WCPerspective
So much for the winter doldrums. Ellicott Development is working on three properties in the city. The company is working on the long-vacant Fairmont Creamery at 199 Scott Street, it is adding more apartments at 10 Symphony Circle, and is gutting a vacant warehouse building on Busti Avenue.
On Scott Street, the circa-1920, eight-story Fairmont Creamery is well on its way to a mixed-use future. Plans ...
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