The shipbuilding industry is about to return to Buffalo’s Inner Harbor – albeit, in a very limited way. The Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp. got the green light from the Buffalo Planning Board Monday to erect a new wood frame longshed building at Canalside, on 0.2 acres along the Commercial Slip. The long, slender barn-like..

Two steps down and two more to go for the planned Canalside Long Shed project. Following the Jan. 14 mandated coastal consistency determination by the Buffalo Planning Board, the city’s Zoning Board of Appeals approved some variances needed for the $4 million project promoted by the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp. Now, the project goes..

Another large building for Canalside appears closer to reality, after the city Zoning Board of Appeals on Wednesday approved a series of waivers to the Green Code, while ordering one significant change in the design, for a structure known as The Longshed. The Longshed would go on a key location at Canalside—on the edge of..

Canalside officials are trying to get approval for minor modifications on this project, which would be a replica canal boat — very appropriate for the waterfront. BUFFALO, N.Y. — We have an update on the construction of a new building at Canalside, which could possibly have a restaurant and restrooms. The project went before the..

Canalside project would house packet boat. < BACK

When the Zoning Board of Appeals meets today to review the request by the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp. for a series of variances from the city’s Green Code, it should keep prominently in mind the effort being made to link Buffalo’s revitalized present with its storied past. The agency is constructing a “longshed” that..

Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp. is moving ahead with plans to construct a new “longshed” facility as part of Canalside, as the state agency seeks the first city approval for the $4 million project. The agency, a subsidiary of Empire State Development Corp., wants to erect the long, slender barn-like structure on 0.2 acres just..

The Swinburne Building, named for a nearby city park, will be built on a vacant lot at 526 Central Ave. near Manning Boulevard. Completion is expected in summer 2020. < BACK

TM Montante Development announced last week that construction has started on its $5 million mixed used development project, 616 Niagara, at the corner of 7th and Niagara streets in the City of Niagara Falls. Montante Construction is based on Kenmore Avenue in the Town of Tonawanda. The company said the project includes an adaptive reuse..

The Central Terminal Restoration Corporation (CTRC) was awarded $5 million in April from the Buffalo Billion Initiative to support the implementation of the Urban Land Institute’s recommendations for the historic East Side landmark.  CTRC has taken a critical step towards putting that money to work by soliciting proposals from architecture, engineering, landscape architecture and land surveying consultant..