After decades of neglect, more than $250 million in redevelopment projects are underway on Buffalo’s East Side, with more planned or in the works.
From a smattering of projects along a big stretch of Jefferson Avenue to a couple of large ventures along Broadway and Fillmore Avenue, developers, businesses and government agencies are investing significant money in neighborhoods east of Main Street.
It’s far from the level of activity seen in other parts of the city, particularly downtown Buffalo, and just a fraction of the $6.5 billion in total development that’s happened in the region in the last six years. And there’s no guarantee of how much more will come.
But it’s more than the East Side has seen in a very long time.