The steel is up, the concrete has been poured, and the wood framing is underway for the upper floors, as a new 39-unit apartment building takes shape near Allentown and downtown Buffalo. First Amherst Development Corp. is putting up its four-story luxury residential building on a lot across from the culmination of Pearl Street at..

The museum has spent the past two years renovating the observatory. Visitors will get the chance to see the sky from the rooftop for the first time in nearly two decades. < BACK

Three East Harlem buildings with strong neighborhood ties were swiftly landmarked on Tuesday morning. The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously to designate the Benjamin Franklin High School (now known as the Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics), the former Richard Webber Harlem Packing House, and the former Public School 109. “We are proud to designate these..

Third floor framing is complete at Nineteen North apartments in Allentown. First Amherst Development is constructing the four-level, 39 unit luxury apartment building one block west of Main Street. The building will feature parking for forty cars on the first level and 24 two-bedroom and 15 one-bedroom apartments on the upper floors. Apartments range in size from..

Work is progressing at 19-23 North Street. First Amherst Development is in the process of constructing a 39 luxury unit apartment building, a couple of blocks from The Medical Campus. The original 11,000 sq.’ mansion that stood at this location was struck by lightning in 2014, before being demolished at a later date. The new..

A rundown warehouse on Buffalo’s East Side will soon be transformed into an apartment building and health clinic. Architect Matthew Meier, a partner at HHL Architects, told News 4 they plan to transform 19 Doat St., right off Genesee St. The historic buildings on the property will be turned into more than 70 apartments, community..

A downstate developer is planning to move ahead with his proposal to convert a warehouse storage building off Genesee Street into a new low-income apartment facility and neighborhood health clinic after winning approval Monday evening from the Buffalo Planning Board. Larry Regan’s Regan Development Corp. of Ardsley, N.Y., wants to convert the 100,000-square-foot former Monarch..

East Side project, pegged at $10 million, to start this fall. < BACK

Two more hurdles are out of the way for a major adaptive reuse housing project on Buffalo’s East Side. The city Planning Board approved part of the plan and recommended to the Common Council that it issue a special permit so housing can be put on the first floor of the former Monarch Knitting plant...

The Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation (ECHDC) Board of Directors has approved a contract for construction management services related to the Interpretive Structures Project, which encompasses two structures – the Union Block Building and The Pavilion. Both structures will mimic buildings that were previously located at the site, with similar massing. The Union Block Building will be..