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BUFFALO (WKBW) — A national provider of upscale flexible office space is coming to Seneca One Tower.
Serendipity Labs, which offers safe, secure and on-demand offices for companies of all sizes, has signed a 10-year lease with Douglas Development to open a new location in Buffalo's tallest building.
The 19,000 sq. ft. shared workplace will span the entire 30th floor of Seneca One ...

Owners of office and industrial spaces have quickly adapted their buildings to make them safer for tenants during the COVID-19 pandemic.1 In addition to disinfecting common areas and promoting social distancing, some owners are investing in capital improvements designed to limit the spread of infectious diseases. This brief evaluates the merits of frequently discussed capital investments ...

Bob Motz, Arc Building Partners project manager, was watching a crew of workers at Ciminelli Real Estate Corp.’s $50 million, 201 Ellicott building downtown.
The ground temperature was 96 degrees. Five stories up, the crew was installing rebar and other steel decking materials.
“Those guys are baking up there,” Motz said.
Buffalo’s high temperatures this month are part of the mixed-use ...

Ciminelli Real Estate Corp. is among the property-management companies adding adhesive disinfectant strips to door handles in common areas. The NanoSeptic devices are self-cleaning and come in a variety of shapes and textures, including some that are gel-like.
“It’s kind of a cool thing,” said Christopher Keenan, Ciminelli’s senior vice president of property management, who noted the ...

Residents of the downtown Buffalo apartment building replied and said they wanted a fitness room in the building, since gyms had been closed to try to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
Management responded, turning part of a large community room in the basement into a workout space, said Artie Vanderpool, senior residential property manager with Ciminelli Real Estate, which owns The ...

Located on a 2.4-acre parcel at 240-260 Lakefront Boulevard, the 20 three-story townhouses will each have three bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, a two-car attached garage, and 2,700 to 3,500 sq.ft. of living space. Twelve units are currently under construction with prices ranging from $850,000 to $1.4 million.
Residences include kitchen islands, stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, ...

During the interview, we discussed numerous pertinent issues facing Buffalo’s development scene, including preservation, the mega-region, parking lots, walkability, weather, and condos. Paul was nice enough to give me some insight into his thought processes when it comes to rebuilding Buffalo. This is what he had to say: Click for Podcast

The Buffalo-based developer said Tuesday that all of the urban fill soil has been removed from the site at 201 Ellicott St. as part of a state-supervised remediation. That effort will eventually see the 2.5-acre site – bounded by Ellicott, Clinton, Oak and Eagle streets – readied for construction into a 220,000-square-foot development after decades as a city-owned parking lot.
Crews have ...