This adaptive use project of a historic 3 story, 44,000 sq ft commercial building is located within a distressed census tract on Buffalo’s East Side. The building is within close proximity to the Buffalo Central Business District, the Buffalo & Niagara Medical Campus, Canalside, the Larkin District and is served by NFTA transit. The first floor’s 20,000 sq ft uses include: common areas/tenant amenities as well as office, warehouse and retail space.  Anchor tenants for this space include Uzo 1 International, Ltd and The UPS Store. The UPS Store will be the first and the only center to be located within the inner-city and the first in WNY to construct and implement a new UPS Store design called Blue Horizon that will offer state of the art equipment and services.  The 24,000 sq ft on the 2^nd and 3^rd floors will be converted into workforce housing with rents based on 80% of the Area Median Income (AMI).

• 12/29/21: Public hearing held.
• 12/21: Minor Site Plan Review City of Buffalo Planning Board Approval – No SEQRA compliance required.
• 01/26/22: $12,500,000 Lease/Leaseback Inducement Resolution approved by the ECIDA Board of Directors