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Eleven days into the New Year, and Sinatra & Company Real Estate and Ellicott Development Company have announced that it has awarded the planning and design process at the former Children’s Hospital site to Wendel Companies, Carmina Wood Morris and Silvestri Architects, so that they can get moving on initial projects, which will soon be available for public review.

Bill Paladino of Ellicott Development Company stated, “We can commence extensive investigative analysis of the main tower and connected buildings now that Kaleida has completed its decanting and removed its furniture, fixtures and equipment from the premises.”

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Article via Buffalo Business First
By James Fink

Nick Sinatra talks about the positive impact the redevelopment of the now-closed Women & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo will have on neighborhoods around the Bryant Street building.

He also speaks with his personal checkbook since he’s in the process of buying a house on Oakland Place, a prestigious street that’s in the shadow of the former hospital.

How he and William Paladino, president and CEO of Ellicott Development Co., renovate the building will have an impact on his street and others.

“Let’s face it, Oakland is a very rich neighborhood on many levels,” Sinatra said. “There’s a culture on the street along with an architecture and history that we respect and will honor.”

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Article via the Buffalo News
By Jonathan D. Epstein

William Paladino is having a very busy season.

The CEO of Ellicott Development Co. is overseeing multiple projects in the city and the suburbs, including the construction of a 12-story tower on Pearl Street, the renovation of a six-story Michigan Avenue building and the development of Fairfield Inn in Amherst near University at Buffalo’s North Campus.

Here’s a look at work underway:

500 Pearl St.
A parking ramp at 500 Pearl is complete, and crews are starting to build six stories of steel on top of the ramp for Ellicott Development’s planned 12-story, mixed-use tower. The project is “moving better than expected,” Paladino said.

“It’s going well,” Paladino said. “It’s on time, with very little hiccups to date.”

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Article via Buffalo Business First
By Jim Fink

Ellicott Development Co. has increased its holdings by acquiring another property on Niagara Street.

According to documents filed in the Erie County Clerk’s office, Ellicott paid $365,000 for a four-story mostly apartment building at 1287 Niagara Street. The seller was listed as Erie-Niagara Public Benefit Funding Corp., according to the clerk’s office documents.

Built in the early 1900s, the 12,768-square-foot building has a mix of apartments and some commercial space.

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Article via Buffalo Rising

Ellicott Development is proposing two additional townhouses at its Waterfront Place development in Waterfront Village. They would be built in front of the Admiral’s Walk condominium tower along Ojibwa Circle.

In order to not block views the views of Admiral’s Walk’s residents, the proposed townhouses will be two-stories with no second-story windows facing the condo tower’s parking podium. They will complement the townhouses built by Ellicott Development south of the site including the nine units recently finished. Those units were three-stories and featured 2,890 to 3,451 square feet of living space. Six sales have closed to date ranging from $636,000 to $935,000.

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Media Advisory

Sinatra & Company Real Estate, along with Ellicott Development, is pleased to announce the planned partnership to redevelop the Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo site. The partnership is being announced following Kaleida Health’s approach of the firms jointly. After consideration by all parties, Sinatra & Company Real Estate, in a joint venture with Ellicott Development, have formally assumed the role as designated developer of the site.

The respective firms are grateful for the milestone opportunity, based on their successful track record of development and investment, to work in collaboration to deliver a thoughtful, community minded project. Nick Sinatra commented “Billy Paladino and I have worked together most recently on the Delavan schoolhouse project, and understand the strengths each of our organizations can contribute.” Sinatra & Company Real Estate and Ellicott Development have successfully partnered on $40 million in development and investment in New York State.

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The parking ramp at the base of Ellicott Development’s 500 Pearl Street project is quickly taking shape. The six-floors of parking will contain 380 parking spaces and ground floor commercial space.

500 Pearl Street will contain 11,000 sq.ft. of retail and restaurant space in total, 52,000 sq.ft. of office space on the seventh and eighth floor, 14 apartments, and a 110-room hotel.

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Concept Construction Corporation has been selected as the Construction Manager for a significant addition to the Medical Campus and General Contractor for Mercy Hospital’s cardiac care operating room expansion project.

At roughly $20 million, 1091 Main is a historic, adaptive reuse project by Ellicott Development located at the northeast corner of St. Paul and Main Street directly south of the former Our Lady Lourdes church.  It offers a modern exterior with a range of materials selected to communicate an aesthetic connection to the adjacent historic church.  At six stories in height, 1091 Main will include approximately 167,000 sq.ft. of retail and office space and include one level of underground parking for 50 vehicles.   Ample additional parking will be available at the rear of the property.

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Article via Buffalo Business First
By Jim Fink

Ellicott Development Co. is set for work on a project this July to be developed on the northern border of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.

Tom Fox, Ellicott’s director of development, said the Buffalo company hopes to start construction within the next 45 days on the six-story building that helps anchor Our Lady of the Lourdes Church campus along Main Street.

The 194,000-square-foot building is one of the centerpieces of a $35 million development based around the century-old church. The building is expected to house retail and office tenants and will be connected to the church by a glass-enclosed atrium.

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Article via Buffalo Rising

Who would have thought that the corner of West Delavan and Elmwood would ever look like this? Compared to the days of the old gas mart, JT’s Urban Italian is a breath of fresh air on the street. Now, dual patios have been added, which elevates the appearance of the building tremendously. JT’s Facebook page has posted an image of what we can expect to find inside when the restaurant opens.

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Ellicott Development is bullish on upper Niagara Street. Yesterday the company purchased a vacant lot at 1095 Niagara that is kitty-corner to a pair of its projects, one recently finished and one underway. Ellicott’s 1095 Group LLC acquired the .94 acre parcel from 1095 Niagara Street Inc. for $330,000.

A building on the site was demolished after a December 2005. Liberty Brass Foundry was a historical occupant of the property and later Keystone Corporation, an electroplating, polishing, anodizing, and coloring firm.

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Article via Buffalo Rising

Two long-cocooned buildings are transforming back to life. Both of the projects, one at the edge of downtown and the other along blooming upper Niagara Street, are being undertaken by Ellicott Development Company.

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Saturday brunch lovers, get ready to partake in an exciting event that has become a real favorite for those who like to eat, shop and be entertained along the way. On Saturday, May 13, the majestic Ellicott Square Building will once again play host to A City of Buffalo Artists Market: Spring Edition. This is the fourth year that this event series has taken place, and each year it gets busier and busier, with more offerings and more visitors.

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Article via The Buffalo News
By Jonathan Epstein

Ellicott Development Co. wants to bring a touch of modernity to the former Our Lady of Lourdes Church.

The development firm, which owns the church and much of the nearby property, has planned a six-story, retail and office building on Main Street that will connect directly to the church via a glass-enclosed atrium.

The $35 million project planned for a surface parking lot just south of the church will feature a blend of colors and materials designed to tie it into Our Lady of Lourdes, while aiming for “an edgy, modern exterior” consistent with newer development down the street, according to a letter from Ellicott Director of Development Thomas Fox to the city Planning Board.

“This is a project we’ve been working on for several years,” Fox told the Planning Board. “We’re very much excited to present our vision.”

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Article via Buffalo Business First
By James Fink

A trio of projects that collectively represent more than $106 million in private sector investment by Ellicott Development Co. cleared the Buffalo Planning Board.

The board, Monday night, approved:

• Minor design modifications for Ellicott’s $66 million mixed-use project that’s centered around the former Buffalo Christian Center complex along Pearl Street.

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Article via Buffalo Rising

The Ellicott Square Building has added a couple of new edible features to its daily regimen. The Grove and Bon Bon’s Gluten Free Bakery have both opened inside the grand lobby.

The Grove (lead image) originated as a food truck in Buffalo. The lobby of the building adds an entirely different element to the business – one that four wheels just can’t accommodate. Now The Grove is both mobile and stationary, offering the best of both worlds to its customers. The Grove is in the business of offering all sorts of delights, including cold-pressed bottles of juice, smoothies, breakfasts ranging from chia seed pudding to banana pancakes, lunch offerings such as bone broth and a superfood salad, along with coffee, tea, and shots (not those kind of shots, Buffalo).

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Article via The Buffalo News
By Stephen T. Watson

Ellicott Development said it hopes to begin construction by late next month on a four-story, 107-room hotel on Rensch Road near the University at Buffalo North Campus in Amherst, once it receives final approvals for the project.

The Town Board last June agreed to rezone the site of the hotel and now the town Planning Board must review the site plan application for the project, which also includes a two-story apartment house. The Planning Board is set to act at Thursday’s meeting.

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