New, 22-acre Public Park Located in the Footprints of Transformed Brownfield; Multi-agency Efforts Fund $9M Environmental Remediation Project

There is nothing particularly "new" about the Buffalo River. In fact, much of what you see there is quite old: grain elevators, the westernmost terminus of the Erie Canal, even the Swannie House on Ohio Street and McBride's Pub on Chicago Street are pieces of history. What is going on right now, however, from Ohio Street to South Park, is the creation of Buffalo's third waterfront, according to David Stebbins, vice president/senior project manager at Buffalo Urban Development Corporation/ECIDA.

The Buffalo Urban Development Corporation (BUDC) is hosting its second public information meeting to discuss the preparation of the RiverBend Development Plan.

The Buffalo Urban Development Corporation (BUDC) is holding a public information meeting to discuss the preparation of the RiverBend Development Plan.

Work has begun along the Outer Harbor's Union Ship Canal, funded with $2 million in federal funding provided through the Recovery Act.

Public, Private Venture, Modeled After Successful Ohio Program, to Focus on New Economy Business Job Growth

After reviewing more than 25 proposals, the Buffalo Urban Development Corp. has selected a consultant team to develop and market the 260-acre Riverbend property that cuts through South Buffalo.

Six design teams, all with impressive resumes, have made the short list to help the Buffalo Urban Development Corp. craft a development plan for the Riverbend Commerce Park.

A trio of companies that have either developed or, are in the process of developing buildings along a key downtown Buffalo road have agreed to team up and underwrite a design for a well-traveled stretch of Genesee Street.

Plans to revitalize a long-vacant downtown building along Main Street's 500 block is receiving an economic boost from National Grid.

Qualifications are being solicited from Planning, Architectural and Engineering (P/A/E) teams to prepare a Site and Development plan for a 260 +/- acre vacant, brownfield site in Buffalo, New York.

DEC Proposes Changes to Brownfield Cleanup Process to Help Increase Community Revitalization

A more than 300-acre swath of mostly industrial properties in South Buffalo is being targeted for remediation and redevelopment.

Veteran Buffalo developer Rocco Termini's plan to convert the dormant AM&A's retail warehouse to housing forward on two fronts Tuesday.

Back in 2002, Buffalo architect Jessie Schnell Fisher stepped in to save two historic but deteriorated buildings on Genesee Street in downtown Buffalo from the wrecker's ball.

Five hundred acres of industrial land is now available to attract businesses to Buffalo, and the agency that markets the region wants to get the word out.

Sonwil Distribution plans to build a distribution center in Buffalo's Lakeside Commerce Park that will be the largest project at the site.