47 East Amherst is located in Buffalo’s Central Park neighborhood, on the east side of Main Street near the Amherst Street Metro Rail Station, on the site of a former bowling alley. It will be a multi-family affordable housing development. There will be a total of 130 units with a mix of one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom apartments. The complex will consist of two buildings. The Pannell Street Building will be two-stories with commercial use on the ground floor and one- and two-bedroom units on the second floor. The four story, L-shaped building on East Amherst and Holden Street will have a variety of bedroom sizes with a total of 120 residential units. This apartment complex will be ADA accessible and have community space for the tenants.

Additional site amenities include a tenant playground, exterior and interior bicycle storage and landscaped walks with seating and art features. Landscaped parking spaces will include 10 HC spaces. Exterior finishes will include brick, cultured stone and stucco.