Schneider plans 8th historic reuse with $10 million apartment and retail...
Architect and developer Jake Schneider is beginning a $10 million project with a pair of historic buildings on Niagara Street, a few blocks northwest of City Hall, that he plans to renovate and...
View ArticleMarket Arcade’s new owner plans to spruce up the retail and arts mall
The soon-to-be-new owner of the Market Arcade complex in downtown Buffalo said he wants to keep all of the existing tenants and spend about $1 million to spruce up the interior of the building, while...
View ArticleSummit Park Mall in Wheatfield sold
The long-neglected Summit Park Mall in Wheatfield finally has a new owner.Zoran Cocov, a developer and real estate broker from Brampton, Ont., completed his purchase of the mostly empty retail...
View ArticleNiagara County Real Estate Transactions
CAMBRIA• Upper Mountain Road & Subbera Road, Matthew P. Foe; Jeanette S. Kroening to Milleville Brothers Partnership, $305,000.• Saunders Settlement Road, Steven A. Olick Jr.; Marianne E. Olick to...
View ArticleErie County Real Estate Transactions
ALDEN• 11798 Manitou Drive, Carol M. Ressler; Ronald C. Ressler to Allen Austin; Betty J. Austin, $225,000.• 11724 Buckwheat Road, Herbert C. Hoffman; Craig D. Hoffman; Thelma E. Hoffman; Curtis H....
View ArticlePlan to wind down mortgage companies could hurt housing recovery
A U.S. Senate plan to dismantle Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may deliver an unintended blow to a fragile housing recovery.A draft of the measure, which Senate Banking Committee leaders released Sunday,...
View ArticleLevy has high hopes for Buffalo’s entrepreneurs
Prominent entrepreneur and venture capitalist Jordan Levy is confident that a new $5 million business plan competition will help lure innovative businesses to Buffalo. Levy chairs the steering...
View ArticleNiagara County Real Estate Transactions
CAMBRIA• Comstock Road, Suzanne F. Milleville to AM Farms Llc, $204,000.• Upper Mountain Road, Matthew P. Foe; Jeanette S. Kroening to Karin Erdmann; Kaitlin Erdmann, $150,000.LEWISTON• Escarpment...
View ArticleErie County Real Estate Transactions
ALDEN• 11041 Fairview Drive, Mary D. Rogers to Jaclyn R. Coia; Mark R. Coia, $162,500.• 12661 Main St., Alethea Sokero; Patrick P. Sokero; Patrick R. Sokero to Candice M. Canzoneri, $127,020.• 1589...
View ArticleBirzon building in Theater District in line for a makeover
Erie County Clerk Christopher Jacobs, a downtown real estate developer before getting into politics, is teaming up with a neighboring building owner and another developer to tackle a new project in...
View ArticleBuffalo Billion developers announce plans for new technology-based hubs
More than a month after the state announced that developers LPCiminelli and McGuire Development Co. would have the lead roles in creating two new technology-based “hubs” planned under the Buffalo...
View ArticleErie County Real Estate Transactions
ALDEN• 11619 Broadway, Ronald V. MacVittie to 11619 Broadway Street Inc., $43,950.• 11625 Broadway, Gas Rite Inc. to 11619 Broadway Street Inc., $31,050.AMHERST Highest price: $585,000 Average price:...
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LEWISTON• 9th St., Barone Building Co. Inc to Luther G. Anderson, $205,000.• Dickersonville Road, Edgar Neil Hayes; Anne W. Hayes to Mark R. Tower; Jennifer A. Filipski, $121,000.• Calkins Road,...
View ArticleLord Amherst Hotel closing for complete makeover
The Lord Amherst Hotel in Amherst will close as of April 14 to undergo a yearlong renovation that its developer owner hopes will create an 88-room upscale, boutique hotel that will retain elements of...
View ArticleVacation-home sales jump in 2013
U.S. vacation-home sales jumped in 2013, making up the biggest market share in seven years, as the surging stock market gave affluent Americans a confidence boost.Vacation properties accounted for 13...
View ArticleBuffalo area citizenship and immigration office moving
Immigrants seeking a “green card” in Buffalo will soon have a new address at which to obtain help.The U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Service office in Western New York is seeking to move up the...
View ArticleBuffalo area Citizenship & Immigration office moving
Immigrants seeking a “green card” in Buffalo will soon have a new address at which to obtain help.The U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Service office in Western New York is seeking to move up the...
View ArticleSelling Points: Notable real estate deals in Buffalo Niagara
Some recent notable real estate deals in the Buffalo Niagara region:1) Location: 746-796, 750, 800, 820, 880, 890 & 900 Young St. and 100 & 150 Niagara St., City of TonawandaPrice: $22.1...
View ArticleReal estate agent agrees to pay $2,000 fine in failed home deal
A Buffalo real estate broker has admitted that he “demonstrated incompetence and/or untrustworthiness” during a transaction that went sour for everyone involved in 2012.The broker, James Mack of...
View ArticleState’s top court OKs Lockport taking of GM land
LOCKPORT – The Court of Appeals has given the green light to the Town of Lockport Industrial Development Agency’s effort to take land west of the GM Components Holdings plant.The state’s highest court...
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