Business leaders tout benefits of IBM’s arrival downtown
As downtown Buffalo rolls out the red carpet to welcome Big Blue to Fountain Plaza, many of the city’s real estate, business and political leaders are touting the spinoff benefits they expect all...
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ALDEN• 1386 Exchange St., Michelle H. Hartman to Kenneth Barraclough, $139,000.AMHERST Highest price: $675,000 Average price: $198,262 Median price: $182,000 Number of Sales: 56• 160 South Forest...
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CAMBRIA• Plank Road, Thomas G. Carter; Mary Lou S. Carter to David Andrew Carter, $180,000.LEWISTON• Carriage Houses At The Legacy Condo/Unit 107, Legacy Drive, LMK Realty Associates to William F....
View ArticleBidding wars and big prices: Buffalo real estate is red hot
When Jeff and Monica Rapini decided in late April to sell their North Buffalo home, their agent set the price at $145,900.She posted the listing online at 2:30 p.m. on a Tuesday. Within hours, five...
View ArticleFHA offers first-time homebuyers discounted loans for taking class
Home loans are about to go on the discount rack for first-time buyers willing to spend a few hours learning the ropes of homeownership, from applying for a mortgage to choosing a contractor for a...
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ALDEN• 1140 Clearvue Drive, Brandon Pope; Rebecca Hojnacki to Rachel Aripa, $129,000.AMHERST Highest price: $352,500 Average price: $189,624 Median price: $182,198 Number of Sales: 20• 65 Hunt Club...
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CAMBRIA• 4903 Baer Road, Larry D. Neff; Cynthia A. Neff to Beneficial Homeowner Service Corp., $88,800.• 4903 Baer Road, Beneficial Homeowner Service Corp. to Michael J. Maiolo, $58,500.• Lower...
View ArticleRebuilt West Side livery seeking special-needs tenants
Six apartments – four designated for physically disabled or impaired residents – remain available in the West Side’s newest and perhaps trendiest affordable housing building, as a local housing agency...
View ArticleCollege debt collector opening office in Cheektowaga
A higher-education debt collection agency from the Rochester suburbs is doubling its space in Western New York, signing a lease for 25,000 square feet in the AppleTree Business Park in...
View ArticlePublic input is sought on outer harbor
Less than a year after the transfer of outer harbor land to a state waterfront development agency, the effort to convert the prized acreage into a regional attraction is being pushed into high gear by...
View ArticleTour offers look at downtown Buffalo’s newest spaces on Saturday
If you want to see some of the newest loft apartments, hotels and office spaces in downtown Buffalo, here’s your chance.The third annual Buffalo Living Tour will tour six high-end stops, including...
View ArticleOne Seneca worth just 21% of its 2005 sale price
Buffalo’s tallest building, the mostly vacant One Seneca Tower, is now worth barely one-fifth of what a trio of New York City investors paid for it less than a decade ago, according to a court...
View ArticleNew Catholic Health headquarters downtown is nearly ready for use
The first batch of workers from Catholic Health system will move into the hospital company’s new corporate headquarters in downtown Buffalo at the end of July, as Uniland Development Co. works to put...
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ALDEN• 11514 Bonnie Lake Drive, Thomas R. Fishlock; Joelle E. Fishlock to Johann R. Hanf, $174,900.AMHERST Highest price: $695,000 Average price: $202,838 Median price: $190,500 Number of Sales: 30•...
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HARTLAND• Townline Road, Wilbur C. Shafer; Robert J. Shafer to Dianne Coakley; Michael Coakley, $25,000.LEWISTON• 734 Legacy Drive, LMK Realty Associates to Janice Sotherden, $188,000.• Annwill Condo...
View ArticleConServe to open call center in Cheektowaga
A collections agency based in suburban Rochester confirmed Tuesday that it will open up an expanded call center facility in the AppleTree Business Park in Cheektowaga as it doubles its workforce...
View ArticleCeremony marks milestone at HarborCenter
Two downtown construction projects are marking two very different milestones this week, as the Buffalo Sabres topped off the steel at HarborCenter on a foggy, gray Wednesday, while Uniland Development...
View ArticleKeyCenter to get new look amid changes downtown
The firm that runs the KeyCenter and Bank of America Building at Fountain Plaza hopes to spruce up the first floor and outside plaza to make it “user-friendly” and respond to the new dynamics of...
View ArticleCanterbury Woods opens sales office
Nearly all of the new senior apartments at Canterbury Woods’ proposed new Gates Circle facility in Buffalo are tentatively spoken for – more than two to three years before the luxury facility even...
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CAMBRIA• 4981 Ridge Road, Stein Wiener & Roth Llp; Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. to Sally W. Kolkmeyer, $65,000.HARTLAND• Ridge Road, Jill A. Paszek; Jill A. Harrod to Edward W. Paszek; Diane...
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