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I recently invited Paul Ciminelli (Ciminelli Real Estate Corporation) to sit down at our offices to conduct a podcast, so that we could discuss a number of issues related to development in Buffalo. Over the past year, Paul has repeatedly put a bug in my ear that BR should be getting on the podcast bandwagon. I finally got my act together, along with a microphone.

The first pieces of the new residential project and urban grocery on Ellicott Street are starting to take shape as Ciminelli Real Estate Corp. moves forward with environmental cleanup of the site and the structural work.

Spearheaded by the Ciminelli Real Estate Services of Florida team, the University Professional Center's redevelopment project was awarded a grant through the Redevelopment Incentives for the County's Redevelopment Incentives for Pilot Project Areas (RIPPA), the first project to receive such funding in the University Targeted Redevelopment area.

Kyle Ciminelli's story is a familiar one. A Buffalo Niagara native and millennial goes off to college and starts a career in another city only to decide to return home.

Is it better to manage a commercial property or to own it? For the Tampa-based Florida division of Ciminelli Real Estate Services, a firm headquartered in Buffalo, N.Y., the answer is simple: Why not both? 

Ciminelli Real Estate Corp. is making waves in eastern Massachusetts, with the first of what it says will be many purchases in the Boston marketplace.

Ciminelli Real Estate Corp. will kick off construction on its new West End townhouse project in the Waterfront Village on Thursday, bringing 20 new for-sale residential units to one of the last remaining large parcels in that neighborhood.

The food scene in Downtown Buffalo continues to heat up. This time it's 50 Fountain Plaza that's seeing some action, in the form of Flint!

201 Ellicott received a unanimous vote in favor of site plan approval.

Development plans are moving forward for a major project at 201 Ellicott in Buffalo.

Braymiller Market, a Southtowns' retailing destination known for its produce and specialty foods, will serve as the market anchor for Ciminelli Real Estate Corp.'s mixed-use development on Ellicott Street.

Ciminelli Real Estate Corporation has a tenant for commercial space at The Mentholatum. 

Buffalo Planning Board members approved a series of changes to Ciminelli Real Estate Corp.'s West End townhouse project Monday evening, but not before expressing their exasperation - not with the developer, but with the neighbors. Ciminelli officials returned for modifications to its $20 million proposal that was already approved in July, after four years of back-and-forth negotiations and months of public battles with Waterfront Village residents.

In an effort to appease neighbors' objections, Ciminelli Real Estate Corporation has once again revised its plans for a residential project in Waterfront Village.

After spending more than three years meeting with Waterfront Village residents and tweaking development plans, Ciminelli Real Estate Corp. is proposing an upscale townhouse/condo project that not only meets various Buffalo codes but also addresses issues raised during the neighborhood sessions.

Ciminelli Real Estate Corp. has acquired a nearly 15-acre Campbell Boulevard parcel from the Williamsville Central School District for part of The Preserve at Muir Woods residential development.

With construction work nearly 65 percent complete, Ciminelli Real Estate Corp. has started its initial marketing phase of the Mentholatum, an upscale, market-rate apartment complex set for Niagara Street.

Ciminelli Real Estate Corp. unveiled its site plan Wednesday for 133 single-family homes in the massive Muir Woods property in the northwest corner of Amherst.

Though work will not be finished until late this year, the former Mentholatum building at 1360 Niagara Street is already looking sharp.

Work is well underway on Ciminelli Real Estate Corporation latest project - the former Mentholatum building located at 1360 Niagara Street.

On the eve of the first of two Buffalo Preservation Board actions that could impact its Arbor + Reverie project, Ciminelli Real Estate Corp. has decided to withdraw the now-controversial demolition request for a portion of the Elmwood Village development.

Ciminelli Real Estate Corp. said Monday that it would begin work this month to renovate the former Mentholatum building on Niagara Street into a 51-unit apartment complex, after the project was accepted into the state's Brownfield Cleanup Program.

Ciminelli Real Estate Corp. on Thursday revealed details of what would be the city's latest high-rise apartment, office and retail project, soaring 18 stories and adding an Orchard Fresh grocery store downtown.

A new mixed-use development at Elmwood Avenue and Bidwell Parkway would include nearly 100 condominiums and apartments, eight retail storefronts and a three-level parking structure, according to detailed plans unveiled by Ciminelli Real Estate Corp. Wednesday.

Ciminelli Real Estate Corporation has selected an architect and draft design for its second office and research complex on the medical campus.

Ciminelli Real Estate Corporation has secured an honor of distinction for its most recent residential development project - The Sinclair.

Allpro Parking LLC is moving its corporate office across the street to Ciminelli Real Estate Corp.'s newly remodeled Sinclair building at Washington and Mohawk streets in downtown Buffalo in mid-July

Already just over 25 percent of the units are pre-leased. Rates begin at $850 per month for a studio and range up to $2,000 for a two-bedroom apartment with two bathrooms.

Conventus has won the Excellence in Office Development category of the Urban Land Institute New York (ULI) 2016 Awards for Excellence in Development. Conventus was one of only 14 Finalists in the overall competition, and was the only Finalist outside of the New York City Area. The winners were announced at ULI New York's awards ceremony held Thursday evening in Manhattan. The project was developed Ciminelli Real Estate Corporation and investment management firm Seavest Healthcare Properties, LLC.

Ciminelli Real Estate Corp. on Tuesday announced the opening of a public art display at its Conventus building on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.

The Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman law firm is moving from its Main Street offices to the Key Center.