(January 10, 2012) Buffalo Rising offers a comprehensive overview of an impressive volume and variety of major development in downtown Buffalo over the past year. 2011 was a busy one, with work ongoing on the mixed-use Statler Hotel and Hotel […]
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Small-town downtown loft apartments springing up Upstate
(December 2, 2011) The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reported on the rise of downtown upper-floor lofts in villages throughout the Genesee-Finger Lakes region. Once considered only possible in cities–and even recently frowned upon by local governments believing upper floor residential […]
continue readingHoliday season illuminates downtown Canandaigua’s rena…
(November 24, 2011) Not long ago, Canandaigua’s main street struggled like many others in the Finger Lakes region. Today, Main Street is booming and brimming with independent businesses. The bustle downtown during an opening holiday shopping event illuminated the downtown […]
continue readingMajor Rochester downtown development uncertain with Paetec s…
Rochester’s leaders uttered a collective “oh no!” when the news came out this week that Paetec Corporation would be sold to Arkansas-based Windstream. The Rochester telecommunications company had committed to building its international headquarters in downtown Rochester on the site […]
continue readingVillage of Attica focused on ascendence
The Village of Attica, in Western New York’s Wyoming County, has its citizens and government pulling together to bring beauty and prosperity back to their stigmatized “old, old prison town.” See a Rochester Democrat and Chronicle story about Attica’s ascendence […]
continue readingNew downtown housing bonanza in Rochester
It’s safe to say that downtown housing development in Rochester is booming. Projects in the works include a renovation of an early 19th century row building that stood derelict for years, a riverfront development on the site of a drab […]
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