11 lenders OK ‘zombie home’ code for N.Y.
M&T Bank Corp. and 10 other major mortgage lenders have agreed to monitor and maintain vacant properties across the state that are subjects of delinquent loans, as part of an effort to limit or...
View ArticleNew architect scales back plan for bell tower site
The church bell tower is still standing tall at Colvin and Tacoma avenues in North Buffalo, but the apartment complex that will be built around it will be smaller than originally planned.A proposal...
View ArticleCalamar wins bids to build two hotels
Wheatfield-based Calamar’s hospitality division has won contracts to build two 93-room hotels, one in Pennsylvania and the other in Maine, with a total value of $13 million.Under the... Read More
View ArticlePittsburgh brokerage acquires Nothnagle Realtors
Nothnagle Realtors, the third-largest brokerage firm in New York, has agreed to be acquired by the nation’s fourth-largest real estate firm, joining two family-owned companies and bringing a ... Read...
View ArticleMcGuire brokers sale of Rochester office park
Buffalo-based McGuire Development Co. brokered the $41 million sale of Calkins Corporate Park in the Rochester suburb of Henrietta, with the University of Rochester serving as the anchor tenant.The...
View ArticleNorthtown Plaza feeling the Whole Foods effect
Big changes are coming to Northtown Plaza, but not everything will be new.The new owner of the retail center in Amherst expects to spend as much as $75 million to redevelop the sprawling property......
View ArticleErie County real estate transactions
AKRON• 90 East Ave., Tammy L. Anderson; William P. Anderson to Stanley K. Friesen; Diane M. Friesen, $123,000.ALDEN• 13455 Irving St., Jean M. Mrozinski; Ronald D. Aldinger; Jean M.... Read More
View ArticleNiagara County Real Estate Transactions
LEWISTON• Sullivan Court, Jeanne D. Magavern to Forbes Homes Inc., $25,000.LOCKPORT• Grove Ave., Holly Bradley; Louis Bradley; Holly E. Bradley; Holly Smith to Olivia K. Davidson,... Read More
View ArticleProposed light-industrial site found to be contaminant-free
Environmental testing of properties at a proposed light-industrial manufacturing hub on the East Side has turned up minimal if any pollution or other contaminants that would complicate state and......
View ArticleBuffalo waterfront building getting new windows
Residents at the Pasquale at Waterfront Place are getting new windows on life – literally.Ellicott Development Co. is replacing most of the windows in the complex because of “a... Read More
View ArticleMaster plan unveiled for downtown
Four areas of downtown Buffalo will be targeted for millions of dollars in streetscape and other infrastructure improvements over the next 20 years under a master plan released Tuesday designed to......
View ArticleApartment renters rate Buffalo ‘C+,’ survey shows
Apartment renters in Buffalo are not happy campers.At least, that’s according to a new report by Apartment List, an online apartment rental marketplace, which surveyed renters across the... Read More
View ArticleA jump-start for cars on Main Street?
If at first you don’t succeed … try again in a different way.Rebuffed on their last attempt to get federal aid to pay for the work, officials from the city and Buffalo Place are... Read More
View ArticleClarence developers are happy with new Main Street project
When Paul and Jim Stephen bought an aging motel at the corner of Main Street and Goodrich Road in Clarence nearly 30 years ago, the brothers didn’t have any specific plans for what to do... Read More
View ArticleCanterbury Woods hires Rochester developer for Gates Circle project
Canterbury Woods officials are hoping to purchase their piece of the former Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital site and begin construction on their $38 million senior-living facility by the end...
View ArticleTaco restaurant heading for Ellicott Street
First of three Latin American-themed restaurants planned by chef/owner in the city.... Read More
View ArticleErie County Real Estate Transactions
ALDEN• 13240 Mount Vernon Drive, Kimberly S. Zosh; Michael R. Zosh to Eric J. Daigler; Lisa M. Daigler, $222,000.• 1720 Willow Woods Lane, Karin M. Benczkowski; Lawrence E.... Read More
View ArticleNiagara County Real Estate Transactions
CAMBRIA• Baer Road & Upper Mountain Road, Marilyn R. Farmer; William E. Farmer to Laura Huffman, $196,500.• Cambria Road, Sar I Inc. to David Erway Sr., $31,500.HARTLAND•... Read More
View ArticlePlanners OK Nardin fieldhouse, Bell Tower Lofts
Buffalo city planners gave the go-ahead Tuesday to a series of proposals for a new apartment complex on the site of a historic North Buffalo Church, a new athletic fieldhouse for Nardin Academy, a......
View ArticleHome sales for region rise by 3.7% to 7-year high
Home sales rose in April to their highest level for the first full month of spring in seven years, while the pool of available homes fell to its lowest in a decade, as the Western New York housing......
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