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Buffalo Business Report - Wednesday, May 22nd 2013
For $2.1 million, an Ellicott Development Company affiliate has purchased the Hein Publishing Building at 1285 Main Street in Buffalo. Business First reports the building will be used strictly for commercial tenants.
A June 4th public hearing has been set on a funding request for Statler City. The 9am hearing at Buffalo City Hall is required before the Empire State Development
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Buffalo Business Report - Tuesday, May 21st 2013
Erie County’s Industrial Development Agency approved $2.19 million in tax abatements for three projects yesterday. Orchard Park’s McGard, a global security products supplier, received inducements toward an $8.25 million expansion. Automated Machine Technologies, Incorporated got $1 million for a planned new facility. Ellicott Development’s plan for
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Buffalo Business Report - Monday, May 20th 2013
Another weekend increase for local gas prices. The AAA pegs the Western New York region's average cost for a gallon of unleaded at $3.74. The good news is that figure is just nine cents higher than the national average of $3.65.
According to Business First, Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Health Center has filed a certificate of need for expanded access to diagnostic
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Buffalo Business Report - Friday, May 17th 2013
The AAA reports the current average cost for unleaded gas in the region has remained flat at $3.73 per gallon.
Having chosen locations in Rochester and Syracuse, Costco is in the midst of site surveys in the Buffalo and Niagara Falls areas. Business First reports Costco has narrowed its Buffalo choices to Tonawanda/Amherst; Amherst/Clarence; Cheektowaga near the Galleria or the
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Buffalo Business Report - Thursday, May 16th 2013
Delaware North Companies Parks and Resorts arm is adding to its portfolio at Yellowstone National park. A 50-cabin "Explorer Cabins at Yellowstone" project is schedule for a July 1st opening.
Big L Distributors has changed its name to better reflect what it does. the company is now known as Big L Windows and Doors.
The newly-remodeled Tops market in Lewiston held a
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Buffalo Business Report - Wednesday, May 15th 2013
April auto sales locally remained up in April. The Niagara Frontier Automobile Dealers Association reported sales were up 16.2% compared to the same month last year. Year-to-year sales figures are up 9% according to Business First. The numbers do not include Chevrolet, which does not report its local sales figures.
M&T Bank has rolled out two products aimed at helping small
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Buffalo Business Report - Tuesday, May 14th 2013
Before the green flag waves to start this year's Indy 500, a 2014 Corvette Stingray will lead the field. That Stingray will be powered by an engine built at the Tonawanda Engine plant. A Corvette first served as the Indy Pace Car in 1978.
Business First reports Moog Incorporated's aircraft group has been contracted to supply primary flight control systems for Embraer
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Buffalo Business Report - Monday, May 13th 2013
Gas prices are now going back up in the Buffalo metro region. The AAA reports the current cost for a gallon of unleaded is $3.73, back to where it was a week ago today.
New York State Homes & Community Renewal awarded affordable housing grants to three area non-profit groups. People United for Sustainable Housing, Lackawanna Housing Development Company and Bridges Development
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Buffalo Business Report - Friday, May 10th 2013
The AAA reports the current average cost for a gallon of unleaded gas in the region is $3.72, down one more penny from the beginning of the week.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield, in collaboration with Kaleida Health, is shopping a new health insurance product called "align." Similarly, Independent Health and Catholic Health Systems have a product called "The Choice
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Buffalo Business Report - Thursday, May 9th 2013
You can't have a Canalside project without canals. The Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation announced the target date for those canals has been pushed back to next spring. The $23 million project extends from Marine Drive to Main Street. The ECHDC also approved a $1.5 million project to illuminate grain elevators and bridges along the waterfront.
Niagara
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Buffalo Business Report - Wednesday, May 8th 2013
$10 million of the "Billion for Buffalo" funds will be allocated to re-do a one mile stretch of Robert Moses Parkway. The section between John Daly Boulevard and Buffalo Avenue will be turned into a pedestrian-friendly thoroughfare, according to Business First.
This region will soon be home to a Bass Pro shop after all. The store will open next spring at The Outlet
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Buffalo Business Report - Tuesday, May 7th 2013
A public hearing on incentives for Ellicott Development Company's Perry Street project has been set for May 14th by the ECIDA. The mixed-use project would include apartments, a restaurant, a craft brewery and office space.
Set for launch this Friday is the new AT&T Beam. It's a laptop card with a new LTE USB modem and built-in LCD screen.
Verizon Wireless has completed
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Buffalo Business Report - Monday, May 6th 2013
The AAA reports local gas prices slid another penny over the weekend. An average gallon of unleaded in this area is $3.73. The price has declined fifteen cents in the past month.
A national "sealed bid" auction will be conducted by Getty Realty Corp to sell 40 gas stations and 70 commercial and retail properties it owns in the U.S. Five of the gas
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Buffalo Business Report - Friday, May 3rd 2013
Over the course of the week, the AAA reports the average cost for unleaded gas in this area went down just one penny to $3.74 per gallon. That price has dropped sixteen cents in the past month.
Ellicott Development Company's Wyndham Garden Hotel & Suites is slated for an early August opening, which is 45 days ahead of schedule. Business First reports the 33 market-rate
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