BUFFALO | Development Thread - Page 82

westcoastperspective · #**1621** Posted **Jul 26, 2008, 9:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by kznyc2k

I like the ultra-modern design (lord knows Buffalo could use a dose of it), but immediately after looking at it I thought, what will the materials be? Metal panels? Perhaps, but probably not since it's a residential structure. Rather, when I see a building with bold colors like this I think of Dryvit.

And not to sound melodramatic, but if it's Dryvit then I'd almost rather this thing not get built. That stuff sucks so hard.

Oh, and thanks Halovet for the info on that picture!

It is called trespa:

http://www.trespa.com/na/

eMKay · #**1622** Posted **Jul 27, 2008, 3:01 PM**

Not sure if this is news or not, but demolition has started at the Freezer queen site, I took this pic Wednesday from my boat...

BUFFALOVE!! · #**1623** Posted **Jul 28, 2008, 6:09 PM**

^ i cant believe how much money they say they are going to be putting into that building. lets see if they can still do it with todays economy

westcoastperspective · #**1624** Posted **Jul 28, 2008, 6:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by BUFFALOVE!!

^ i cant believe how much money they say they are going to be putting into that building. lets see if they can still do it with todays economy

They're be selling the metal shack for scrap- that'll help offset the construction costs.

bassboy · #**1625** Posted **Jul 29, 2008, 3:42 AM**

Any word on Uniland's Gates Circle plans?

Is that one down the tubes or is construction slated to begin at some point?

Halovet · #**1626** Posted **Jul 29, 2008, 11:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by bassboy

Any word on Uniland's Gates Circle plans?

Is that one down the tubes or is construction slated to begin at some point?

Last news I herd is that it would break ground before end of the year. Law suit was dismised months ago.

lastcall4am · #**1627** Posted **Jul 29, 2008, 1:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by bassboy

Any word on Uniland's Gates Circle plans?

Is that one down the tubes or is construction slated to begin at some point?

I contacted Uniland to inquire about presales of the Gates Cirlce tower. They don't even have a timeframe to begin that, but they immediately directed me to the AVANT building downtown. I get the feeling that they are focusing all of their efforts into selling condos for the new AVANT building and would guess that the Gates Circle tower is still a year away

BUFFALOVE!! · #**1628** Posted **Jul 29, 2008, 5:18 PM**

^^ dont worry avant condos are going to sell out in no time. they already have a hotel in line and about 70K square ft. of office space under lease. i'm sure they'll be making money on that guy in no time and gates circle will be just around the corner!!

BUFFALOVE!! · #**1629** Posted **Jul 31, 2008, 11:09 PM**

I had the day off today and what better way to spend it than chillen in downtown buffalo...

if you pretend my camera isnt a pos you can see some buildings in the glass

The Webb... fully leased I hear

Court tower construction with everyones favorite

and everyones new favorite

I took a bunch more that i'll be putting on the Photos section later this month. Buffalo looks better every day!

westcoastperspective · #**1630** Posted **Aug 1, 2008, 1:48 PM**

Avant's skin looks great- Love the picture taken from behind the Roanoke, nice contrast between old and new.

lastcall4am · #**1631** Posted **Aug 1, 2008, 5:06 PM**

The contrast between the old and the new is amazing. They took a boring government building and made it into something exciting

BUFFALOVE!! · #**1632** Posted **Aug 1, 2008, 5:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by lastcall4am

The contrast between the old and the new is amazing. They took a boring government building and made it into something exciting

You're telling me. It just shows that if you throw enough money at a building you can make it work.

Now if only I had $60 million

steel · #**1633** Posted **Aug 1, 2008, 6:02 PM**

I bet the feds are wishing they could move back into Dulski and out of that crappy Niagara Center

believeinbflo · #**1634** Posted **Aug 2, 2008, 7:25 PM**

i would like to issue an emergency demo and RFP's for niagara center asap lol.

Sulley · #**1635** Posted **Aug 2, 2008, 11:29 PM**

Avant looks like something out of a 1980s Dallas office park.

HOWEVER - downtown Buffalo needs glass so it's A-OK in my book.

STERNyc · #**1636** Posted **Aug 2, 2008, 11:37 PM**

I don't know the glass looks good to me. Its not too reflective, it has some transparency and depth to it too. The Dulski's old bones are apparent though; I guess once a box, always a box.

steel · #**1637** Posted **Aug 3, 2008, 4:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by Optimus Prime

Avant looks like something out of a 1980s Dallas office park.

HOWEVER - downtown Buffalo needs glass so it's A-OK in my book.

In Dallas the glass would be gold mirror or brown mirror or bright blue green mirror.

westcoastperspective · #**1638** Posted **Aug 3, 2008, 7:16 PM**

Hamister proposes hotel on waterfront
Joins Ciminelli bid near Shanghai Red’s
By Sharon Linstedt NEWS STAFF REPORTER

A Buffalo-area company with a fast-growing, out-of-town hotel portfolio is looking to stake its first local claim along Erie Basin Marina.

The Williamsville-based Hamister Group has signed on as the hotel partner of Ciminelli Development Co. of Amherst for proposed hotel/office/retail project to be located next to Shanghai Red’s restaurant. Ciminelli is vying with J. W. Pitts Properties and Development of Buffalo to be named “designated developer” for the 1.5 acre city-owned parcel.

Ciminelli, J. W. Pitts and Tampa, Fla.-based Birchwood Properties Corp. submitted plans for the site last November, but Birchwood has bowed out of the selection process. The Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency is expected to select a developer by the end of September.

Hamister Group Chief Executive Mark A. Hamister confirmed he’s signed a memorandum of understanding with Ciminelli to deliver as many as 140 Hilton Hotels Corp.- brand rooms to the project.

The Ciminelli/Hamister proposal calls for a mid-rise tower that incorporates as many as 10 floors of hotel and office space, with first-floor retail and an interior parking ramp. J. W. Pitts, which is partnering with Shanghai Red’s owner Specialty Restaurant Corp., proposes a four-story, 100 room

Wingate Hotel, with physical connections to the restaurant.

The Florida firm, which withdrew its plans, wanted to construct a two-story office building.

In June, Hamister confirmed he’s interested in developing a luxury hotel on Buffalo’s Outer Harbor as part of the Queen City Landing project. Phase One of that project, led by local businessmen Gerald Buchheit and Jon Williams, proposes turning the idle Freezer Queen food plant into condominiums.

“The Outer Harbor hotel is at least three to five years off and will play to a different market, so there’s no conflict with what we hope to do with Ciminelli at the Erie Basin Marina site,” Hamister said.

http://www.buffalonews.com/145/story/406120.html

believeinbflo · #**1639** Posted **Aug 4, 2008, 12:57 AM**

10 floors? 1st floor retail? parking garage? sounds inappropriate for waterfront village and therefore excellent!

Jas · #**1640** Posted **Aug 4, 2008, 2:47 PM**

[QUOTE=westcoastperspective;3711989]Hamister proposes hotel on waterfront

Got any renderings WCP?