Via Buffalo Risingby queenseyesYou might recall that I posted a fun and different type of article that followed the story of The Swan and The Horse, two artists who have exhibited internationally and have come together in Buffalo to produce a series of works to be shown this evening at a new gallery in Downtown Buffalo (see back story). Today I would like to dig a bit deeper into the real world personas of artists Eric Magnuson (The Horse) and Lisa Z. Morgan (The Swan) – lovers, ...
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ECIDA OKs two apartment projects worth $14M
Via Buffalo Business FirstBy Jim FinkA pair of Buffalo projects, each anchored by a residential component, received tax breaks to advance from the planning stage to construction.The Erie County Industrial Development Agency directors, Wednesday morning, approved the incentive packages — one for the conversion of the late 1800s-era, former Jansen Brother Harness Shop location on Elm Street and the other, a century-old one-time headquarters for American Radiator Co. on Elmwood ...
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Nineteen Apartments Planned for Midtown Site
Via Buffalo Risingby WCPerspectiveMain Street in Midtown will gain 19 new apartments under plans prepared by Ellicott Development. The development company is proposing to convert the top floor of a three-story building it owns at 1285 Main Street to residential.Ellicott purchased the former home of Hein Publishing at 1261-1285 Main Street last May for $2.1 million. Properties at 1106-1114 Ellicott and 36 Northampton were included in the sale.Buffalo Business ...
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Ellicott plots renovation of former Hein Publishing site
Via Buffalo Business FirstBy Jim FinkThe final phase of a mixed-use development for a Main Street building located on the northern edge of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus has emerged.Ellicott Development Co. is moving forward with plans to bring a residential component to the former Hein Publishing Co., 1285 Main St. Ellicott bought the 60,000-square-foot building last year from Hein, paying $2.1 million.Hein moved its law book publishing operations to ...
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Agreement to develop waterfront land extended
Via The Buffalo NewsFeb. 28, 2014The Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency has voted to extend an agreement with Ellicott Development that grants the company exclusive rights to develop land near the Erie Basin Marina.If the agency did not take action, the agreement would have expired Saturday.The city is working on clearing title to the properties, which are owned by the agency but have parking agreements for nearby property owners attached to them.The agreement was ...
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Offices, apartments planned for former Cantalician Center building in Amherst
Via The Buffalo NewsBy Jay ReyEllicott Development Co. plans to redevelop the former Cantalician Center for Learning on Eggert Road in Amherst into apartments and office space.The development company, owned by Carl and William Paladino, plans “substantial interior and exterior” renovations on the three-story building at 1350 Eggert Road, near Crosby Boulevard, said Sean W. Hopkins, attorney for the developers.The project would include 38 apartments, as well as ...
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Decrepit Graystone Hotel reborn as luxury apartment complex
Article via The Buffalo NewsBy Jonathan D. Epstein | News Business ReporterAfter 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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