A New Day to put Main Street Buffalo onto the National Stage

[M II A II R II K]

A New Day for Main Street in Downtown Buffalo


February 22, 2020

Read More: https://www.buffalorising.com/2020/0...ntown-buffalo/

A set of new renderings have been released by the Main Place Liberty Group, showcasing a new day for Main Street in Downtown Buffalo. For years, we have been patiently awaiting any sign of new life for this prime development area. And with so much development action taking place at Seneca One, and further down at Canalside, the time has finally arrived to reinvent the Main Place Mall.

- As for the new plan, Violet Realty – the privately-held commercial real estate company owned by Patrick Hotung (owner of the property) – is looking to breathe life into Main Place Mall. That will entail a $75 million redevelopment at 390 Main Street. The three large floor plate, 280,000 square feet mall, will be transitioned into office space with retail and amenity areas, in order to attract “the next generation of talent to occupy this creative, unique offering.” --- “We are excited to partner with the City on this venture,” said Mr. Hotung. “We’ve had success attracting new information and technology tenants to our other projects, specifically in San Francisco and Chicago. We’re tapping into our expertise to take the Main Place Mall, and Buffalo, and put it on the national stage.” --- Hotung added, “We know the community, elected officials and local businesses will have a lot of questions at this point. Although we don’t have all the answers, what we can say is that our team has invested time and energy into this project because we believe a development like this can happen in Buffalo. With the support of Mayor Brown and hopefully others in the community, we’re ready to reactivate one of Buffalo’s premier locations.”

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[uaarkson]

Meh. Looks shiny, but surely something more fine-grain would have been more cost effective?

[Yuri]

I was checking the last 2018 estimate numbers and it seems Buffalo MSA might not decline between Census now in 2020. That would be the first time in 50 years. Nice to see it rebounding.

It's crazy to imagine Buffalo was bigger than São Paulo in the 1920's.

[M II A II R II K]

Especially if downtown Buffalo doesn’t remain deserted after business hours.

[Obadno]

Too super-block.