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Sinatra, Pawlik seek variances for Jefferson Avenue office building

Developers Nick Sinatra and David Pawlik are seeking seven variances from the Green Code as part of their proposal to construct a three-story office building on Jefferson Avenue designed for nonprofits.

Sinatra & Co. Real Estate and Pawlik’s CSS Construction want to erect the steel-frame building with surface parking on a combined 1.49-acre property at 1200 Jefferson. The planned 35,000-square-foot building would feature a brick, stone, fiber-cement siding and glass facade, with two entry towers and 104 parking spaces.

‘Engines of redevelopment humming on the East Side’ – and there’s more on tap

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.

People Inc., Sinatra kick off Jefferson Avenue Apartments construction

Change is coming to Jefferson Avenue.
Nonprofit People Inc. and developers Nick Sinatra and David Pawlik on Wednesday formally kicked off construction on their $31 million project to create affordable and supportive housing on the East Side, with local, state and federal politicians touting the venture as a significant piece of the area’s revitalization.

Developments are taking off in Buffalo’s East Side

There have been multiple projects in the works in Buffalo’s East Side that are creating a development buzz in the area. A few of those, which are just a few blocks from each other, are creating excitement over what is to come.
“There is going to be a total transformation of this area in about five years” Developer Brenda Calhoun said.
Calhoun is in charge of a new muli-use facility on Filmore that is going to create multiple apartments and store fronts.

Jefferson Ave construction moves forward

Jefferson Ave construction moves forward.

Construction to begin on new Jefferson Avenue affordable housing

The next step for a major housing development on Buffalo’s East Side is now concrete and steel. Buffalo’s Common Council approved the final stage of a $31 million People Inc. project on Jefferson Avenue.

New East Side bank the beginning of development boom

The new Northwest Bank officially broke ground on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo’s East Side on Friday.
“We’ve worked on this for a long time and we’re very excited to be a part of this community” Northwest Regional President Rick Hamister said.
The bank is going to signal a complete change for the East Side. Following the bank there will be $50 million in investment going towards infrastructure.

How 3 minority developers broke ground: ‘This is not for the faint of heart’

personal capital. Private money. Networking. Partnering with larger companies. Experience. ¶ All are prerequisites for minority contractors trying to take on major projects. And one more thing: It takes an abundance of patience, because it can take several years foraminority firm to become a player in Buffalo’s construction and development business.

Police accreditation, Jefferson Avenue bank highlight State of City speech

There will be new projects to look forward to on Jefferson Avenue this year:
A bank is moving in.
A financial education center will open.
And free Wi-Fi will be expanded.
Those are just some of the initiatives Mayor Byron W. Brown plans to highlight during his 12th State of the City address Thursday during a luncheon in the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center.

Planning Board approves East Side housing project

New affordable housing is coming to Kensington Avenue on a Buffalo site where the principal industry vanished decades ago.
The site at 240 Kensington Avenue near Fillmore Avenue was once Hewitt-Robbins, a company that closed nearly four decades ago. Since then, the building has sat and deteriorated.
Now, an alliance of developers, David Pawlik and Nick Sinatra, has put together a complicated $8 million deal for 40 housing units on part of the old industrial site. The goal is to start construction in November and be open in the fall. Pawlik said it is a complicated structure to build because the soil is tricky.