The Town Board on Monday night voted to hire a company to perform an appraisal of the Huntley property's value – a key step in determining how much Tonawanda must pay NRG Energy if and when it takes control of the riverfront parcel. The town also has interviewed three developers that are int…
The drop in the unemployment rate came as a separate report last week that showed that hiring across the region continues at a moderate pace, with job growth running at a solid 2% annual pace.
Michael Keller of Clarence wants to buy the property at 2280 Wehrle Drive and put up a two-story apartment building.
James, owner of LJ Construction, is considering a plan to build a 34-room room Skyline Hotel and Restaurant on Main Street, east of Goodrich Road and west of Gunnville Road, down the street from Clarence High School.
Nearly two years after proposing an expansion of its Forge on Broadway project with townhomes next door, affordable housing developer SAA-EVI is ready to proceed with the $12.7 million project that would create 22 separate lots for sale.
Panasci startups are being encouraged to build on what they learned through the initial experience to compete again the next year and, potentially, have an even better result.
Funding plans for Empire AI, a consortium that will create an artificial intelligence computing center at the University at Buffalo, were confirmed in the newly approved state budget. Empire AI will receive a $275 million state investment over 10 years as part of the spending plan.
The Amherst developer is proposing to construct a series of six elongated industrial warehouse buildings, totaling 109,884 square feet of space along the west side of Pavement Road, north of Walden Avenue.
A quick read of news from the past week and a look ahead at what's coming next.
A new survey by cannabis marketing company Leafly has ranked the Queen City No. 4 on its list of "The Best Weed Cities in the United States," beating out such places as Baltimore, Seattle and all of California.
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State Sen. Sean Ryan has succeeded in getting his fellow lawmakers in Albany to approve $80 million to test out his concept.
The 21st Century Fund, part of the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, is a giving circle. The fund's members – who pay a one-time fee to join – vote every two years on the recipient of a $100,000 grant to a nonprofit.
The budget outlines a new strategy to combat illegal cannabis stores by making it easier for local authorities to close them down amid the flawed rollout of the state's legal cannabis market.
Empasta won the 23rd annual Henry A. Panasci Jr. Technology Entrepreneurship Competition on Thursday evening at the University at Buffalo.
A new report last week from the Buffalo Niagara Association of Realtors showed that the number of homes that have been put up for sale during the first three months of this year is roughly the same as in 2023.
The region is finally inching closer to recovering all of the jobs it lost during the Covid pandemic, which hit the Buffalo Niagara job market harder than most places.
The Buffalo Bills are receiving a tax break on the sale of personal seat licenses. It’s another way the state, which will provide $600 million of the $850 million in taxpayer money for the project, is helping financially support and supplement the building of a new stadium in Orchard Park, which is projected to be open in 2026.
The combination of higher mortgage rates, rising purchase prices and increasing rents is making Buffalo a lot more expensive as a place to live than it used to be, according to three separate studies of both homeownership and rental costs.
The average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage has climbed to 7.13%, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
Gasoline prices are up an average of 18 cents compared to a month ago, according to data from GasBuddy.com, which tracks prices at the pump.
Prices at this gas station on Pierce Avenue in Hamburg were among the region’s highest Thursday.
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An East Side gospel church on Sycamore Street is planning to construct 10 apartments for low-income seniors, using three parcels a block away on nearby Genesee Street.
The ink isn't even dry on the new housing deal reached by Gov. Kathy Hochul and state legislative leaders over the weekend, but it's already being panned by both tenant advocates and landlords.
“It's not a fun place to be anymore. And that kind of breaks my heart,” said Dave Westphal, 49, of West Seneca, who's gone to games since the early 1980s and has had season tickets since 2005-06.
Community Bank is determined to become more visible in the Buffalo area, with plans to open two more branches here by the end of the year.
Trocaire College received a boost to its Jump Start programs to fast-track needed information technology workers into jobs with local employers, with a $270,000 grant from the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation.
Tesla is cutting 285 workers at its Buffalo factory, the electric vehicle maker said in a filing with state officials Wednesday. The job cuts amount to 14% of its Buffalo workforce.
"I think there’s been a renaissance in downtowns, and people believe in their communities’ ability to take these investments and make them work," New York Secretary of State Robert Rodriguez said.
Once bursting at the seams of its West Side embroidery workshop, Stitch Buffalo has opened in its spacious new home at 284 Plymouth Ave. At 4,800 square feet, the new space is three times larger than the former Niagara Street location.
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